Why?

Question:

hi! i have a few questins.
1.why does alice always have embarrasing moments?
2.i’ve read alice alone, but i still don’t understand why elizabeth quit piano.
3.what book comes after achingly alice?
                 p.s i love the books!!!

Phyllis replied:

1)  Don’t we all?   2)  I wish I had time right now to leaf through “Alice  Alone” and see why she wanted to quit piano, but I don’t.  Maybe readers can help me out on this, but I think she was remembering how her parents had urged her to be friendly with a friend of theirs who, unknown to them, was molesting Liz, and now, she was reliving the memory of that when her Mom urged her to take piano lessons with a new teacher.  He wasn’t molesting her, but the memory of her mom’s urging brought back previous memories .  3)  Alice on the Outside follows Achingly Alice.