| Finding Alice Contributor(s): Carlson, Melody (Author) |
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ISBN: 1578567734 ISBN-13: 9781578567737 Publisher: Crown Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $18.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2003 Annotation: Sliding into the Rabbit Hole... Would She Ever Return? On the surface, Alice Laxton seems no different from any other college girl: bright, inquisitive, excited about the life ahead of her. But for years, a genetic time bomb has been ticking away. Because of Alice's near-genius intelligence, teachers and counselors have always made excuses for her "little idiosyncrasies." But during a stress-filled senior year at college, a new world of voices, visions, and unexplainable "knowledge" causes Alice to begin to lose her grip on reality. As Alice's schizophrenia progresses, she experiences a disturbing religious "awakening," believing that God and angels and demons are speaking to her. When others attempt to intervene, Alice is subjected to a wide range of "treatments" even more frightening and painful than her illness. Powerfully raw and brutally honest, "Finding Alice is a story of individual suffering and hope, a family's shared ordeal, and a search for true mental and spiritual healing. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Christian - Suspense - Fiction | Psychological - Fiction | Women |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2003014018 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.4" W x 8.5" (1.00 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Evangelical - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 109939 Reading Level: 5.2 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 15.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Sliding into the Rabbit Hole... Would She Ever Return? On the surface, Alice Laxton seems no different from any other college girl: bright, inquisitive, excited about the life ahead of her. But for years, a genetic time bomb has been ticking away. Because of Alice's near-genius intelligence, teachers and counselors have always made excuses for her "little idiosyncrasies." But during a stress-filled senior year at college, a new world of voices, visions, and unexplainable "knowledge" causes Alice to begin to lose her grip on reality. As Alice's schizophrenia progresses, she experiences a disturbing religious "awakening," believing that God and angels and demons are speaking to her. When others attempt to intervene, Alice is subjected to a wide range of "treatments" even more frightening and painful than her illness. Powerfully raw and brutally honest, Finding Alice is a story of individual suffering and hope, a family's shared ordeal, and a search for true mental and spiritual healing. |