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Can't Wait Wednesday Alice By Heart


Hi! Welcome back to Can't-Wait Wednesday. This weekly meme is hosted by Tressa @wishfulendings. The purpose of the meme is to feature books, usually those that haven't been published yet, that we can't wait for. This week, I'm featuring the upcoming Historical Fiction Novel Alice By Heart. Information comes from Goodreads.

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Title- Alice By Heart

Author- Steven Sater

Expected Publication- February 4th, 2020 by Razorbill

Goodreads Summary
"  A young girl takes refuge in a London Tube station during WWII and confronts grief, loss, and first love with the help of her favorite book, Alice in Wonderland, in the debut novel from Tony Award-winning playwright Steven Sater.

London, 1940. Amidst the rubble of the Blitz of World War II, fifteen-year-old Alice Spencer and her best friend, Alfred, are forced to take shelter in an underground tube station. Sick with tuberculosis, Alfred is quarantined, with doctors saying he won’t make it through the night. In her desperation to keep him holding on, Alice turns to their favorite pastime: recalling the book that bonded them, and telling the story that she knows by heart–the story of Alice in Wonderland.

What follows is a stunning, fantastical journey that blends Alice’s two worlds: her war-ravaged homeland being held together by nurses and soldiers and Winston Churchill, and her beloved Wonderland, a welcome distraction from the bombs and the death, but a place where one rule always applies: the pages must keep turning. But then the lines between these two worlds begin to blur. Is that a militant Red Cross Nurse demanding that Alice get BACK. TO. HER. BED!, or is it the infamous Queen of Hearts saying…something about her head? Soon, Alice must decide whether to stay in Wonderland forever, or embrace the pain of reality if that’s what it means to grow up.

In this gorgeous YA adaption of his off-Broadway musical, the Tony Award-winning co-creator of Spring Awakening encourages us all to celebrate the transformational power of the imagination, even in the harshest of times. "
Why- I want to read this book because I enjoy Alice in Wonderland in the media. The added bonus for me is I love the musical this is a novelization of. This is a new spin on the story with the World War 2 setting, and duel timelines, I can't wait to read it.





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  1. BarbJanuary 22, 2020 at 11:17 AM

    Sounds like a good read and I tend to like books with duel timelines. Great choice and thanks for sharing!

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 22, 2020 at 11:28 AM

    This sounds so good! I hope you enjoy this one soon!

    My CWW

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  3. Jessica @ a GREAT readJanuary 22, 2020 at 12:56 PM

    Ooh interesting! That's a new to me one. Hope you thoroughly enjoy it once you get to read it!

    Thanks for visiting my WoW!

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  4. LainaJanuary 22, 2020 at 5:25 PM

    There's a movie coming out that's an Alice in Wonderland/Peter Pan mash up! What'sit called... Come Away! That looks interesting.

    Mine

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    1. TheaterwriterJanuary 29, 2020 at 8:17 AM

      Thank! I must see if it's only streaming or if it's also in theaters.

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  5. NicciJanuary 23, 2020 at 3:46 AM

    Sounds interesting! Hope you enjoy it!
    My It's Wednesday! Post.

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  6. Suzanne @ The Bookish LibraJanuary 25, 2020 at 5:42 PM

    I hadn't heard of this one before but I love historical fiction set during WWII and I love Alice in Wonderland so I will definitely want to read it.

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