![]() It's all OK, though, because at the end she awakens to discover it was just a dream.Ĭhristina Henry's modern retelling of the story, “Alice,” doesn't give the character such an easy way out. At one point she drinks a potion that reduces her to 10 inches tall, and at another point she eats a cake that makes her grow prodigiously. If you don't remember the tale, the bare bones version goes something like this: Young Alice follows a white rabbit down a hole and finds herself in a lunatic subterranean world filled with trippy characters such as the Cheshire Cat, whose smile lingers even after he is gone the hookah-smoking Caterpillar and a host of people made of playing cards, including the bloodthirsty Red Queen. When is the last time you read Lewis Carroll's 1865 children's novel, “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland”? If you haven't read it as an adult, maybe you should, if for no other reason than to appreciate how bizarre it really is. ![]() ![]() ![]() “Alice” by Christina Henry (Ace, 304 pages, in stores) ![]()
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