Finding Alice (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781578567737)

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.

Author: Melody Carlson
ISBN-10: 1578567734
ISBN-13: 9781578567737
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 09/16/2003
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.40w x 1.00d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.2
Point Value: 15
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 109939 / Finding Alice

Award: Christy Awards - Nominee