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I didn′t want this story to disappear: I didn′t want the day to end. I didn′t want to grow up. ′Write it down′, I said finally. ′Please, could
you write it down?′
ALICE I HAVE BEEN, the girl who inspired a classic at last tells her own extraordinary tale
of life beyond the looking glass.
As bold and imaginative as her storybook character, Alice shares the secrets of a blessed childhood in Oxford, where
as the precocious daughter of the dean, she is pampered
by everyone, including shy, stuttering academic, Charles Dodgson, also known as Lewis Carroll.
But in one fateful moment, when she begs her grown-up friend to write down one of his wild and fanciful stories
of talking rabbits, mad hatters and a fearless little girl, her life is changed forever.
From the unconventional young woman who catches
the eyes of a prince, wife and mother of three soldiers
to grieving widow, she is, ever and always, thought of
as that Alice.
Looking back at the childhood mystery that took a
lifetime to solve and her tumultuous love life, Alice at
last discovers - and embraces - the woman she became when she outgrew Wonderland.
′Colours in the spaces to reveal a vibrant and passionate Alice ...
a finely wrought portrait that seamlessly blends fact and fiction.
This is book club gold.′ PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
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