Review: A wonderfully profound and deeply symbolic novel
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 18, 2013
An amazing book and outrageous story that allowed me to better understand, appreciate and even forgive my own mother, flaws and all.  In so doing, this often  "over-the-top" and almost farcical novel also provided the space for me to take more responsibility for my own life.  Seeing the grossly dysfunctional aspect of Alice's family helped me find the humor to abandon my "victim act" and even forgive myself for my own failings.  After all, as "Alice" helped me to realize once again, human beings are naturally flawed. So by definition they must be perfect in their imperfection. Maybe that's what makes life so interesting!