![]() But even he cannot stop time, as much as he might like to. Its author, a shy, stuttering Oxford professor, does more than immortalize Alice–he changes her life forever. That story, a wild tale of rabbits, queens, and a precocious young child, becomes a sensation the world over. ![]() But as she nears her eighty-first birthday, she knows that, to the world around her, she is and will always be only “Alice.” Her life was permanently dog-eared at one fateful moment in her tenth year–the golden summer day she urged a grown-up friend to write down one of his fanciful stories. ![]() Does it sound ungrateful?Īlice Liddell Hargreaves’s life has been a richly woven tapestry: As a young woman, wife, mother, and widow, she’s experienced intense passion, great privilege, and greater tragedy. Now, in this spellbinding historical novel, we meet the young girl whose bright spirit sent her on an unforgettable trip down the rabbit hole–and the grown woman whose story is no less enthralling.īut oh my dear, I am tired of being Alice in Wonderland. ![]() Tom Thumb.įew works of literature are as universally beloved as Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. BONUS: This edition contains an Alice I Have Been discussion guide and an excerpt from Melanie Benjamin's The Autobiography of Mrs. ![]()
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