Love, Alice, (Paperback)

from kremsa

Thank you to Penguin books for the opportunity to read an advance copy of 'Love Alice' by Barbara Davis. Alice's bittersweet story of being forced to live in asylum for unwed mothers in Ireland and having her child taken from her and put up for adoption is a heartbreaking one and is told through ...

from cburnett5

4 stars Love, Alice was a sweet, entertaining read. Barbara Davis creates a likeable and engaging cast of characters that I thoroughly enjoyed getting to know. The Charleston setting and culinary tidbits made me like the novel even better. Dovie Larkin, the main character, is still recovering fro...

from LisCarey

Thirty or so years ago, a young woman in a village in Cornwall became pregnant, and before they could marry, her boyfriend was killed in a fishing accident. Her mother, unexpectedly much harsher than Alice had expected, sent her to a convent to have her baby--one of the now-notorious Magdalene la...

from Dianekeenoy

Dovie Larkin's fiancé killed himself two weeks before the wedding and she is having trouble getting over it. She spends her lunch hour every day at his gravesite. It's there that she sees an elderly woman leave a letter at the foot of the grave that has Alice's Angel on it. While this book was pr...

from Carolesrandomlife

I decided to read this book up because the synopsis sounded interesting. I really had no expectations since I have never read any of this author's work before and really hadn't heard anything about this book. I am glad that I decided to pick it up because it turned out to such a nice story. I was...