What to read, watch, and listen to if you lovedLove & Homegrown Magic
Patricia Bossano · Book · 2020
If you loved Love & Homegrown Magic, start with Practical Magic (Griffin Dunne, 1998) — a film on the same thread. Below: 3 films, 4 series and 2 podcasts, each matched to Love & Homegrown Magic across media.
You connected with Love & Homegrown Magic through its intimate exploration of how maternal legacies and ancestral secrets shape our personal healing.
Films on the same thread
Practical Magic
Griffin Dunne · Film · 1998
Shares a thread with Love & Homegrown Magic: Magical Realism.
Like Love & Homegrown Magic, this story focuses on the complex bond between sisters and mothers as they navigate family curses and the urgent necessity of overcoming deep-seated trauma.
The House of the Spirits
Bille August · Film · 1993
Shares 2 threads with Love & Homegrown Magic: Family Secrets, Magical Realism.
This sweeping saga mirrors the generational weight found in Love & Homegrown Magic, illustrating how clairvoyance and family history intersect with the turbulent lives of women across decades.
Volver
Pedro Almodóvar · Film · 2006
Shares 2 threads with Love & Homegrown Magic: Intergenerational trauma, Magical Realism.
You will recognize the fierce, vital resilience of the women in Love & Homegrown Magic here, as three generations confront secrets, ghosts, and the power of female community support.
Series on the same thread
The Way Home
Alexandra Clarke · Series · 2023
Shares a thread with Love & Homegrown Magic: Mother-Daughter Relationships.
This series echoes the mother-daughter healing journey of Love & Homegrown Magic, using a supernatural lens to examine how estranged family members resolve past traumas to find each other.
Witches of East End
Maggie Friedman · Series · 2013
Shares a thread with Love & Homegrown Magic: Family Secrets.
If you enjoyed the magical mother-daughter dynamics in Love & Homegrown Magic, this story offers a similar look at how hidden identities and supernatural gifts influence family life.
Good Witch
Sue Tenney · Series · 2015
Shares a thread with Love & Homegrown Magic: Magical Realism.
The intuitive bond between mother and daughter in Love & Homegrown Magic is mirrored here, showing how a special connection helps a family navigate new beginnings within their community.
McLeod's Daughters
Posie Graeme-Evans · Series · 2001
Explores: Inheritance, Female Empowerment, Sisterhood.
While lacking the magical elements of Love & Homegrown Magic, this story captures the same spirit of women inheriting family burdens and finding empowerment through their shared resilience.
Podcasts on the same thread
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Emely · Podcast
Explores: divine feminine, moon cycles, motherhood.
This podcast provides a real-world extension of the themes in Love & Homegrown Magic, focusing on the divine feminine and the spiritual growth inherent in the experience of motherhood.
Family Flowers Only by Grief Ireland
Podcast
Explores: grief, loss, mourning.
This resource directly addresses the profound grief and loss depicted in Love & Homegrown Magic, offering a supportive space to discuss the unspoken realities of mourning and human connection.
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Common questions
What is the central premise of Love & Homegrown Magic?
Love & Homegrown Magic follows Maggie, a widowed folk magic practitioner, and her three daughters. As Maggie reaches her golden years, the family embarks on a journey of reflection where they must address difficult questions, express painful feelings, and acknowledge or banish genetic memories.
Who is the author of Love & Homegrown Magic?
Love & Homegrown Magic was written by Patricia Bossano. The book was published in 2020 and centers on the complex relationship between a mother and her three daughters as they navigate family dynamics and their shared history.
Is Love & Homegrown Magic a standalone book?
Yes, Love & Homegrown Magic is a standalone novel published in 2020. There are no other source-material or adaptation siblings in the catalog, meaning the story of Maggie and her daughters is contained entirely within this single volume.
What themes are explored in Love & Homegrown Magic?
Love & Homegrown Magic explores themes of family legacy, generational conflict, and folk magic. The narrative focuses on the tensions between a mother and her daughters as they confront their past, navigate emotional challenges, and work to resolve deep-seated genetic memories.