**A master of American letters and the author of the acclaimed Rabbit
series returns with a sequel to The Witches of Eastwick about the
three much-loved divorcées--three decades later.
**
More than three decades have passed since the events described in John
Updike's The Witches of Eastwick. The three divorcées--Alexandra,
Jane, and Sukie--have left town, remarried, and become widows. They cope
with their grief and solitude as widows do: they travel the world, to
such foreign lands as Canada, Egypt, and China, and renew old
acquaintance. Why not, Sukie and Jane ask Alexandra, go back to Eastwick
for the summer? The old Rhode Island seaside town, where they indulged
in wicked mischief under the influence of the diabolical Darryl Van
Horne, is still magical for them. Now Darryl is gone, and their lovers
of the time have aged or died, but enchantment remains in the familiar
streets and scenery of the village, where they enjoyed their lusty
primes as free and empowered women. And, among the local citizenry,
there are still those who remember them, and wish them ill. How they
cope with the lingering traces of their evil deeds, the shocks of a
mysterious counterspell, and the advancing inroads of old age, form the
burden on Updike's delightful, ominous sequel.
