Our reviews of Alice Bliss by Laura Harrington Genre Literary Fiction Synopsis: Alice Bliss is fifteen. She’s smart, funny, and clever. Not afraid to stand up for the things she believes in. She also idolises her father and, when he leaves home to fight a war she doesn’t believe in, Alice is distraught. She and… Continue Reading
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Star Tribune Review for Alice Bliss
“Alice Bliss,” by Laura Harrington (Pamela Dorman Books/Viking, $25.95) Get the tissues out to tackle “Alice Bliss,” by talented newcomer Laura Harrington. Alice is a girl grappling with the twin sorrows of adolescence and the absence of her father, Matt Bliss, in this emerging genre of novels chronicling the most hotly debated U.S. war of… Continue Reading
Alice Bliss, Review and Giveaway
Written on May 18, 2011 by JenniferDonovan @ 5 MinutesforBooks.com Alice Bliss is fifteen. She’s been best friends with the neighbor boy Henry since they were in diapers, but their feelings seem to be changing into maybe something more. Other things at school have changed, too, like her best girlfriend joining the popular crowd and totally ignoring her,… Continue Reading
School Library Journal Review May 30, 2011
ADULT BOOKS 4 TEENS Alice Bliss Posted by Angela Carstensen on May 30th, 2011 Laura Harrington’s debut novel makes a powerful anti-war statement, while being entirely supportive of the families personally involved. Alice Bliss is a teenager whose world is turned upside down when her father’s army reserve unit is called up for active duty in Iraq.… Continue Reading
Starred Booklist Review – May 26, 2011
“It’s hard enough being a teenager, clashing with your mother and annoyed by your little sister, without having your dad gone. Fifteen-year-old Alice Bliss, who learned about life in general and gardening in particular from her father, Matt, was so bereft when his guard unit deployed to Iraq that for weeks she wore one of… Continue Reading
Alice Bliss – a novel of a military family
May 11, 2011 by kesfmm A book I had been asked to review arrived at the house the day we were packing to leave for a weekend away, so I popped it into the knitting bag as we went out the door. Since I woke up the next morning at 5, I pulled it out, and… Continue Reading
Meet the Bliss Family – book review
MAY 11, 2011 by libarmywife I’ve been asked to review a few books, all military family related. I’ve read some really good ones and some absolutely awful ones. This one, this one is one of the really good ones. The book is “Alice Bliss” by Laura Harrington. I’m not going to give out the ending… Continue Reading
First Review for ALICE BLISS, from Publishers Weekly
From Publishers Weekly. 3/28/2011 Playwright and lyricist Harrington transforms her one-act musical Alice Unwrapped into a moving debut about loss and survival. Fifteen-year-old Alice has always been closer to her father (they share a love of working with their hands) than to her mother, but when she needs him the most, he’s deployed to Iraq. Alice… Continue Reading