{"product_id":"9780732291426_alice-i-have-been","title":"Alice I Have Been","description":"For anyone who loved the tales of ALICE IN WONDERLAND comes an inspired re-imagining of the 'real' Alice's tumultous life beyond the looking glass.\u003cbr\u003e I didn't want this story to disappear: I didn't want the day to end. I didn't want to grow up. 'Write it down', I said finally. 'Please, could \u2028you write it down?' ALICE I HAVE BEEN, the girl who inspired a classic at last tells her own extraordinary tale \u2028of life beyond the looking glass. As bold and imaginative as her storybook character, Alice shares the secrets of a blessed childhood in Oxford, where \u2028as the precocious daughter of the dean, she is pampered \u2028by everyone, including shy, stuttering academic, Charles Dodgson, also known as Lewis Carroll. But in one fateful moment, when she begs her grown-up friend to write down one of his wild and fanciful stories \u2028of talking rabbits, mad hatters and a fearless little girl, her life is changed forever. From the unconventional young woman who catches \u2028the eyes of a prince, wife and mother of three soldiers \u2028to grieving widow, she is, ever and always, thought of \u2028as that Alice. Looking back at the childhood mystery that took a \u2028lifetime to solve and her tumultuous love life, Alice at \u2028last discovers - and embraces - the woman she became when she outgrew Wonderland. 'Colours in the spaces to reveal a vibrant and passionate Alice ... \u2028a finely wrought portrait that seamlessly blends fact and fiction. \u2028this is book club gold.' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY","brand":"Melanie Benjamin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46896435101845,"sku":"9780732291426","price":32.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780732291426_c7b6b13a-76d2-4f53-a0a6-ee148f8b129b.jpg?v=1776888382","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780732291426_alice-i-have-been","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}