However, less than a year after settling in New York, Alice knows that Ella’s marriage is falling apart. Instead of claiming the estate that was theres, they head to New York where the narrator reveals her name: Alice.Īlice explains that she and her mother had always been plagued with bad luck, and her mother believed Althea’s death would stop it. The narrator says that she was 17 when Althea died and her mother was overjoyed. However, when police found her, Ella claimed to have never seen the man. As a child, she was temporarily kidnapped by a red haired man who claimed to be a fan of Althea who she believed might be her father. The narrator calls this person her grandmother and explains that she and her mother, Ella, have been living on the road for years. The novel begins with an excerpt from Vanity Fair explaining the mystery behind the author of a book called Tales from the Hinterlands named Althea Proserpine. The following version of this book was used to create this study guide: Albert, Melissa.
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