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Alice

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Ellie Perkins lives a hard life with a drunken father and her confused brother. Her mother is deceased and so her Aunt Bessie takes on the role of both mother and aunt. Then Ellie finds Alice, a beautiful girl who is deaf and locked away in a shed by her ignorant mother and abusive step-father. Ellie and her brother Sammy sneak her out of the tiny shed and teach her to read, play, count, speak, hear, laugh and to cry. This is a wonderful story that will break your heart. A book you'll never forget!

I first became aware of Ms. Flanigan's writing upon viewing the film, "Wildflower," which was Ms. Flanigan's film adaption of the novel, "Alice." I just had to find the novel, being aware that the book is always better than the film. I located the book in Oklahoma at a used book store. Upon reading the book I was struck with Ms. Flanigan's incredible ability to describe life in a rural community in the 1930's. I believe, as other reviewers stated on the dust cover, that Ms. Flanigan was writing from her heart about things that she had indeed experienced. I was carried away! What a incredible story! It was as if I had found a pearl on the beach. The language just added to the magic for me. I will now try to locate her other novel, "Sudie" and hope that Ms. Flanigan finds it within herself to write more. Bravo!!

I loved this book. I read it in two days. It is the story of a young girl who comes upon a house where the family is housing a girl in a shed outside their house. With the help of her brother, the girl helps to sneak the girl out of the shed and teach her to become a real girl and in so doing transforms a town. This is a feel good book that will cause you to want to make a difference in those around you! I would highly recommend it. The movie "Wildflower" is based off this book.

I first read the book "Alice" when I was about 13 or 14. It remains one of my favorite books of all time. The expression of unconditional love that is shown is something everyone could be reminded of now and again. I hope to read it to my children someday.

Hi my name is Kate and I'm in the 6th grade when my fellow classmates and I went to our school Library to check out books I saw "Alice". When I picked it up I saw the great reviews on the cover. When I started to read the book I thought it was amazing and could'nt put it down! I like the Southern accent that Ellie and Sammy have and how it is so realistict, triumphant and touching. When I heard it was a cable Lifetime movie I wanted to watch it. Now my mom wants to read Alice,and I reccomended Alice to my friends. Now I'm going to try to find "Sudie" at my local Library. I really hope that Sara Flanigan will come out with another wonderful book!

I remember reading this book, and thinking it was the most beautiful book ever written. Im pretty sure I read it at the age of 12 or 13, just picking up it out of the shelf... I didn't expect the book to capture me the way it did. I remember trying to look for the book at a bookstore, and being dissappointed when I didn't find it. I was sure amazon would have it, but im saddened that its currently unavailiable. All I have to say is that this book will not dissapoint.

I discovered Alice through one of those bookclubs my children brought home from school each month. What a treasure. So profound. Such an allegory of Love & sacrifice! I agree with those reviewers who wonder why this and Sudie (also by Sara Flanigan)are out of print. Publisher, reprint them! Market them! They are jewels. Sara Flanigan, I feel a kinship with you. I hope you are deeply engrossed in your next book and that I will soon be reading it!

I find it horribly ironic that Sara Flanigan, one of the only authors who has ever touched me so deeply with the mere beauty of her words and the magnitude of her stories, is also the only living, talented writer whose books all seem to be out-of-print! I wrote an on-line 5 star review at amazon.com for "Sudie," (which was a made-for-cable movie which apparently airs periodically on the Lifetime channel)an excellent book which I enjoyed even MORE than "Alice." Yet "Sudie" is also out-of-print. I am glad to hear that a film named "Wildflower" exists, as an interpretation of "Alice." While of course the movie could not possibly better the book, the more exposure for Ms. Flanigan the better, is what I say! What a tragedy for a writer with such an amazing voice, and a gift for honest, not overly-sentimental storytelling to go so unrecognized. Hopefully, those who matter are reading.