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Alice by Heart
Alice by Heart | Steven Sater
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A young girl takes refuge in a London Tube station during WWII and confronts grief, loss, and first love with the help of her favorite book, Alice in Wonderland, in the debut novel from Tony Award-winning playwright Steven Sater. London, 1940. Amidst the rubble of the Blitz of World War II, fifteen-year-old Alice Spencer and her best friend, Alfred, are forced to take shelter in an underground tube station. Sick with tuberculosis, Alfred is quarantined, with doctors saying he won't make it through the night. In her desperation to keep him holding on, Alice turns to their favorite pastime: recalling the book that bonded them, and telling the story that she knows by heart--the story of Alice in Wonderland. What follows is a stunning, fantastical journey that blends Alice's two worlds: her war-ravaged homeland being held together by nurses and soldiers and Winston Churchill, and her beloved Wonderland, a welcome distraction from the bombs and the death, but a place where one rule always applies: the pages must keep turning. But then the lines between these two worlds begin to blur. Is that a militant Red Cross Nurse demanding that Alice get BACK. TO. HER. BED!, or is it the infamous Queen of Hearts saying...something about her head? Soon, Alice must decide whether to stay in Wonderland forever, or embrace the pain of reality if that's what it means to grow up. In this gorgeous YA adaption of his off-Broadway musical, the Tony Award-winning co-creator of Spring Awakening encourages us all to celebrate the transformational power of the imagination, even in the harshest of times.
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AshRaye
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I listened to the audiobook of this book, but I'm quite interested as to what reading it would be like. I personally prefer listening to books written in a poetical or lyrical style rather than reading them, but I think at some points this book would be easier to understand when it's read. That being said, I really enjoyed the book. It had a beautiful way of weaving together the two stories while still honoring the original Alice in Wonderland.

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actualdisneyprincess
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Stuck at work on a beautiful Saturday, but at least it‘s quiet enough to let me keep whittling away at my checked-out pile! Just finished Christie Tate‘s “Group,” and am now diving into “Alice By Heart!” #alicebyheart #stevensater #offbroadway #booktomusicalandbackagain #aliceinwonderland #retelling #reimagining #worldwarii

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JillsBookshelf
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Panpan

I‘ve been having terrible reading luck lately 😢

The concept of this book sounded amazing. Alice in wonderland crossed with WWII. Sounds like something right up my ally. Honestly, it made absolutely no sense. I got about 100 pages in and I couldn‘t tell you what happened on any one of them. Very disappointing.

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#ya #historicalfiction #aliceinwonderland

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magicalshelves
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Bailedbailed

DNF @30%.

The writing style just did not work for me; it was a weird lyrical-poetic style that just made the story confusing. However, I highly recommend the soundtrack to the Off-Broadway show that this book is based on, it's lovely!