description: Inspired by a true story, this is the author's first novel. In rural South Carolina 1948, 15 year-old Alice eagerly looks forward to attending college on the full scholarship she's been awarded. Her hopes and plans are instead devastated when she is forced to honor her parent's secret marriage arrangements for her to the lonesome grandfatherly benefactor of her family who had been eyeing her since she was seven years old. The novel chronicles the next 15 years of her struggle. Published in 2004, 265 pages.
title: The Resurrection of Alice
titlecomplete: The Resurrection of Alice
characters: Alice Andreeson, Lutheran Tucker
genres: Fiction
ratings_count: 10
publisher: Perri Tales Publications