Aunt Frances & Aunt Jett...

Aunt Frances is the sassy and snarky one. Aunt Jett (Bridget) is the sweet one. But, make no mistake' both can heal and hex. Their clients come to the back door for spells. A woman comes scratching at that door, looking for a spell to make her married lover passionately desire her. Aunt Jett says, "Be careful what you wish for," because when the woman stabs a dove in it's breast the spell eventually works out, all too well. In the book... >>>

The Owens aunts DO remind me of black widow spiders, but in a not terrible way, ~ in a loving and kind way. They do magick that's asked for. Magick DOES have consequences, as we all know... >>>

The aunts have a drawer, almost overflowing with precious antique jewelry, payment for magickal work.

The woman who asked for the love spell becomes the obsession of her lover. He absolutely becomes spellbound; he won't leave her alone, not even for ever A SINGLE, SOLITARY MINUTE! (The book is much darker than the movie.) In the book, the aunts are described as small women; Aunt Jett is said to be plump, not fat, and to have had lovely gray eyes, especially when she was young. Then, the sisters were in love with two young men, two brothers. One stormy day, they were to meet the brothers in a park. But, as the brothers were running toward them, they were struck by lightning and killed. The sisters never loved any man again. When Jimmy's nasty spirit is sealed in his grave, in their backyard, they bring a lot of very heavy flat blue stones to make a patio over him.

In each generation of Owens girls there are brunettes and girls who are redheads/or blondish. In Frances and Jett's generation there was one other sister, Regina, the youngest girl. Regina's husband Jack died of the curse when Regina heard the warning clicking of the death watch beetle. Then, Regina died, of a broken heart. Of course, Sally's husband, Michael, died too; although, in the movie, the black dog tried to warn him. A Owens cousin, became drunk one night and danced on broken glass; she never walked again. A rabbit who always stayed in the garden was once a human.