{"id":4608,"date":"2019-01-30T17:29:38","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T23:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/?p=4608"},"modified":"2019-01-30T17:29:39","modified_gmt":"2019-01-30T23:29:39","slug":"popsugar-thinks-updikes-eastwick-witches-sweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/2019\/01\/30\/popsugar-thinks-updikes-eastwick-witches-sweet\/","title":{"rendered":"Popsugar thinks Updike&#8217;s Eastwick witches sweet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Popsugar<\/em>\u200b had a few recommendations for readers who love books with witches in them. Not surprisingly, included in \u201cThese 11 Books About Witches Will Put a Spell on You,\u201d by Hannah Abrams,  is John Updike\u2019s\u200b <em>T<\/em>\u200b<em>he Witches of Eastwick<\/em>.\u200b <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2019\/01\/Witches-Eastwick-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4609\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Updike&#8217;s novel follows three Rhode Island divorcees in the 1960s who suddenly find themselves bestowed with magical powers. All is fun and games for the women until \u201c\u200bthings take a harrowing turn.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Updike\u2019s book-lovers can also be spellbound by the big-screen adaptation, which features Cher, Michelle Pfeiffer\u200b, and Susan Sarandon, Abrams reminds us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.popsugar.com\/entertainment\/photo-gallery\/45349696\/image\/45349707\/Witches-Eas twick\">full article here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Popsugar\u200b had a few recommendations for readers who love books with witches in them. Not surprisingly, included in \u201cThese 11 Books About Witches Will Put a Spell on You,\u201d by Hannah Abrams, is John Updike\u2019s\u200b T\u200bhe Witches of Eastwick.\u200b Updike&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/2019\/01\/30\/popsugar-thinks-updikes-eastwick-witches-sweet\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":818,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lists"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/818"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4608"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4610,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4608\/revisions\/4610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}