Can’t wait to introduce my daughters to the Alice books!

Comment:

I know you get a lot of letters like this, but I wanted to write to let you know how much the Alice McKinley series has meant to me.  I discovered the Alice books when I was in middle school in the late 1990s/early 2000s. Reading those books helped me realize that I wasn’t alone with all the intense feelings the pop up during adolescence.  From time to time I still pick up one of the Alice books and I feel like I’m reuniting with an old friend.

Now that I have kids of my own, I also enjoy reading these books from the perspective of a parent. Ben McKinley’s parenting style (as well as the way Alice parents her children in Now I’ll Tell You Everything) is the way I strive to relate to my own kids: frank, open, and supportive.

My two daughters are young (two and four) but I can’t wait to introduce them to the Alice books. I hope they’ll love them as much as I do.

Phyllis replied:

I’m so glad you feel that way, and that you’ve taken the time to tell me so.  Though I didn’t personally experience all the things that happen to Alice in the books, I certainly experienced all the feelings and worries and excitement, and often remember my friends for the funny things that happened to them as well.  I’m so happy to learn that you’ll share these books with your daughters.