Original sentence: After their parents died in a fire when they were little girls, they were sent to live with their two eccentric aunts, Frances and Jet, in a dramatic old house on Magnolia Street, which was built centuries before by their ancestor, Maria Owens, an apparent witch.But Gillian, whom trouble seems to follow, comes to visit Sally's new house on a balmy summer night with a surprise in her car, trouble up her sleeve and a detective following not far behind, and asks Sally for help to clean up the mess she made.But one day Sally meets Michael, the man of her dreams, whom she marries and has two children with, Kylie and Antonia.Practical Magic is a novel by Alice Hoffman, which was made into a film of the same name.She takes the girls away, despite their protests, in the hopes of giving them a normal life with rules and healthy dinners and clean teeth.Though tragedy strikes and when Michael dies, Sally blames herself, the aunts and the centuries-old curse that surrounded the women of her family
Edited sentence: After their parents died in a fire when they were little girls, they were sent to live with their two eccentric aunts, Frances and Jet, in a dramatic old house on Magnolia Street built centuries before by their ancestor, Maria Owens, an apparent witch.But one day Sally meets Michael, the man of her dreams.But then tragedy strikes.Gillian, whom trouble seems to follow, comes to visit Sally at her new house on a balmy summer night with a surprise in her car, trouble up her sleeve and a detective following not far behind.Practical Magic is a novel by Alice Hoffman which was made into a film of the same name.She asks Sally for help cleaning up the mess she has made.She marries him and they have two children, Kylie and Antonia.She takes the girls away, despite their protests, in the hope of giving them a normal life with rules and healthy dinners and clean teeth.When Michael dies, Sally blames herself, the aunts and the centuries-old curse that surrounds the women of her family