Book Buzz–February Newsletter
February Read
Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin
Mathematics lecturer and amateur photographer Charles Dodgson was teaching at Christ Church College in Oxford in 1856 when he first met Henry Liddell, a newly appointed Oxford Dean. A friendship grew between Dodgson and the Liddell family. Dodgson was especially fond of the Liddell daughters often accompanying them on outings. 
It was on one of these excursions that Dodgson told a fanciful story about a girl named Alice and her adventures in a magical underground world, takin g his inspiration from ten year old Alice Liddell. She urged her friend to write the story and it was subsequently published as Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland using Dodgson’s pseudonym, Lewis Carroll.
In this fact-based novel, the ageing Alice Liddell finally has the opportunity to tell her own story. Her real life has often been overshadowed by the adventures of her fictional namesake and she wants the truth to be known. This book explores her childhood and the relationship with Dodgson that so dramatically changed both of their lives. It also delves into Alice’s sometimes privileged, sometimes tragic but always fascinating, adult life.
Alice I Have Been is also available in these formats:
Upcoming Di
scussions
March:
Outcast by José Latour
Author Event: Read the book and meet the author.
In March, Book Buzz welcomes author José Latour as a guest blogger all month.
April:
Smoke by Elizabeth Ruth
Midnight at the Dragon Cafe by Judy Fong Bates
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