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Dreamhouse Paperback – January 15, 1997

by Alison Habens (Author)
3.0 out of 5 stars 6 ratings

Celia Small has spent years planning her engagement party, from the food she'll serve to the dress she'll wear. When she finally met her fiance, it was less a romantic event than a satisfying check mark next to the last item on a long list of tasks. Now Celia's big night has arrived, and nothing can stop her from fulfilling a lifetime's worth of dreams. Nothing, that is, except her hated housemates, each planning a party for this same evening. Suddenly careening between future in-laws, radical feminists, and an Alice in Wonderland costume party, Celia veers off the path to married bliss, and along a path of suspicious raspberry tarts that lead her into very strange places.
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  1. Print length
    336 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Picador
  4. Publication date
    January 15, 1997
  5. Dimensions
    5.52 x 0.91 x 8.22 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0312151144
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0312151140
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There's a genuine pleasure to be had in thrusting cross-dressers, hip-hop and the feminist rhetoric of date rape into last century's story. -- The New York Times Book Review, Lisa Zeidner

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Picador
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 15, 1997
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0312151144
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0312151140
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.52 x 0.91 x 8.22 inches
  • Best Sellers Rank: #6,746,099 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.0 out of 5 stars 6 ratings

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  1. Alison Habens

    Alison Habens

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    Alison Habens is best known for Dreamhouse, a 1990s cult novel, based on Alice in Wonderland. She celebrated this quirky book's own 'coming of age' with Lewis Carroll's 150th anniversary in 2015.

    Alison has written pretty much every day since it was first published in 1994, with two further novels, Lifestory and Family Outing in print, and lots of short stories, articles, poems, plays and even illustrated lectures to see on www.alisonhabens.com.

    A postmodern rom-com, Pencilwood, is available for kindle from Amazon. If you like the 'wit and wordplay' of Dreamhouse, you'll love this. Visit www.pencilwood.com to find out where she got the ideas from...

    Alison is course leader for Creative Writing at the University of Portsmouth and has taught many generations of undergraduates. She has a PhD on the subject of 'divine inspiration' in literature. She's a tutor at Skyros 'Writer's Lab'. She lives in an old church on the Isle of Wight, with husband and three children/young adults, and commutes to work by hovercraft.

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  • gleem
    2.0 out of 5 stars strange
    Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2021
    So strange that I couldn't get past the first couple of chapters and then decided it wasn't worth any more of my time.
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  • Gwydion
    5.0 out of 5 stars A very literary White Rabbit
    Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2014
    This is one of the weirdest and most wonderful books I have ever read. Be forewarned that you pretty much have to like off-beat writing, but Alison Habens' wordplay and sheer creativity are first rate.

    Imagine Wonderland as a communal house shared by extraordinarily mismatched roommates (yeah, I know, I lived there once myself). Now imagine that you are poor dull Celia, meeting your fiancé's straight-laced family for the first time, on the same night that two of the weird roommates are having quite wild parties of their own. Remember that one pill makes you larger..., but any of them will mess you up big time.
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  • Dara
    4.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic book, but falls a bit short on its ending
    Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2004
    I'd love to give this book 5 stars, but the ending kills it for me. (no spoilers here, rest assured)

    The story is beautifully crafted; Habens is so creative with her wordplay. It's rare to find a writer with such a tight grasp on double entendre; her wordplay is as entertaining as her plotline.

    This might not be the best book for people who are strongly opposed to drug use, alternative lifestyles, and roleplaying parties; it takes an open mind to appreciate this novel. Being a fan of Lewis Carroll's work helps immensely; Habens' take on the classic is clever and amusing.

    But for me, the ending fell short. It's in keeping with the surreal tone of the story, and it does not ruin the book...but it could've been handled better. Habens did such an incredible job with the entire story, yet the last 5 pages or so feel like a cop-out...I was more than a bit disappointed. All in all, though, a fun read.
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  • Jennifer Weeks
    5.0 out of 5 stars A new favorite for me!
    Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2006
    I was recommended this book by a friend and, being a fan of both Alice in Wonderland and the pastiche form, I ordered it. I have to say that I'm delighted that I did. The novel had so much to chew on, yet was so fast-moving that I devoured the entire thing in one night.

    Some users have complained about the novel's "alternative" content, but the fact is that drug use, the transvestism, feminism, etc contribute a perfect structure to the novel's themes of transformation, surreality, and maturation. This is Alice for grownups, and I'm utterly smitten.
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  • Kirsty A Duncanson
    5.0 out of 5 stars found at last
    Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2002
    I read this book about five years ago and loved it - lent to some one and lost it. And now I've found it at Amason I can have a copy of my own again. Such a fabulous cavalcade of events takes Atwood's edible woman and turns even her upside down.
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  • Saly2124@aol.com
    5.0 out of 5 stars Inventive and unique
    Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 1998
    This book was a fantastic fantasy versus reality with a twist of human nature and womens liberation. I recomend this book for any woman in need of a smile and a little self confidance. Or if you just want a fun read.
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