By CarrieK, June 20, 2011 Title: Alice Bliss Author: Laura Harrington Genre: Contemporary fiction Publisher: Pamela Dorman Books Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Source: Review copy from the publisher First line: This is the first time Alice has been allowed to walk back to their campsite from the Kelp Shed alone. Being a teenage girl,… Continue Reading
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“If I went by stars, I’d give it twelve.”
By Pop Culture Nerd, June 15, 2011 As I started this review, I wished I had a rating system in place to adequately express how special Laura Harrington’s Alice Bliss is. If I went by stars, I’d give it twelve. If I used thumbs to express approval, I’d put up all my fingers, too. Fifteen-year-old Alice is devastated… Continue Reading
“Alice Bliss is one of those rare gems of a read that will remain with the reader for a long long time to come.”
By Jason G, June 7, 2011 ALICE BLISS by Laura Harrington Pamela Dorman Books (Viking) – June 2011 320 pages; $25.95 “Does everyone have a secret life, she wonders? Is everyone carrying an impossible, unbearable secret?” -Alice Bliss The Bliss family is your typical American family. Mom, Dad and two daughters; Alice 15, and Ellie,… Continue Reading
“Alice Bliss is a remarkable coming of age story.”
By Debbie Lester Laura Harrington, author of the debut novel, Alice Bliss wears many hats, but at the heart of it all she is a writer. A playwright, lyricist, librettist and professor at MIT, Laura is branching out into the publishing world with a character taken from a musical she wrote called “Alice Unwrapped”. Alice Bliss is a novel… Continue Reading
“This book will be one of those books that will last generations…”
By Lori Caswell, June 5, 2011 Alice Bliss is truly a daddy’s girl, they garden together, she helps him on his handyman jobs, she idolizes him. She loves her mom and her sister but Alice and her dad, Matt, had a very special bond. Then the news comes that his National Guard Reserve Unit is… Continue Reading