Author: Christina Henry
Genre: Retelling
Pages: Oversize paperback, 291
ISBN: 978-0-425-26679-3
Opening Lines: "If she moved her head all the way up against the wall and tilted it to the left she could just see the edge of the moon through the bars. Just a sliver, almost close enough to eat."
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"In a warren of the crumbling buildings and desperate people called the Old City stands a hospital with cinder-block walls that echo the screams of the poor souls inside.
"In the hospital, there is a woman. Her hair, once blond, hangs in tangles down her back. She doesn't remember why she's in such a terrible place—just a tea party long ago, and long ears and blood . . .
"Then, one night, a fire at the hospital gives the woman a chance to escape. She tumbles out of the hole that imprisoned her, leaving her free to uncover the truth about what happened to her all those years ago.
Only something else has escaped with her. Something dark. Something powerful.
And to find the truth, she will have to track this beast to the very heart of the Old City, where the Rabbit waits for his Alice."
~ Jacket copy
Do you ever wonder what happened to Alice after her strange adventures in Wonderland? Did her family believes her wild tales of "Eat Me, Drink Me"? Were they enraptured by the concept of a talking rabbit who is always late "for a very important date"? Maybe they merely pawned it off as the strange murmurings of a mid-afternoon nap. Or maybe—just maybe—they feared Alice might be truly and utterly mad. And, rather than allowing their mad daughter to upset their social status, Alice's family had her committed to a life of living hell—an asylum for the insane.
