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Alice & Patrick’s Reunion ❤️

Hello from Texas! I’m a really like really big fan of the Alice series especially the romance between Alice and Patrick among other reasons. I just think Childhood sweethearts getting married and having kids and grandkids is just beautiful. I’m so happy Alice married Patrick! How do you think Patrick felt when he saw Alice again in the (secret) ? He confessed to Alice that when he found out she was engaged at one point, it really hurt him. is this true? What do you think he was saying in his mind when he found out Alice was single again? because he said it was the best news he had gotten. Once again, I have all the love in the world for Alice and the series is and always will be my top favorite!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

You’ll see that I censored one of your words because I don’t want readers who haven’t finished the series to know where Alice and Patrick met again.  I think he was definitely hurt and regretful when he found out she was engaged at one point.  He just needed the experience of traveling and dating other women and expanding his life before he felt he was truly ready to be a husband.  He must have felt like the luckiest guy in the world when he found she was single and that she wanted him too.

French kisses

I’m 15 years old and I’ve read ALL the Alice books and I absolutely love them. Of Course, their were a few of the books that weren’t my favorite because of the stuff that happened to Alice but your series is still Amazing none the less. I remember reading “Alice in Rapture… Sort of” and remember Alice’s first kiss and thinking it was so funny how I thought the same thing when I had mine. Btw I love that Patrick was Alice’s first kiss, first boyfriend and ended up her husband and father of her children! That is a beautiful love story to me. Do you think Alice and Patrick still french kissed each other while they were adults and married? or is that more of a teenager thing?

I think it’s more of a teenage thing–a signal that the couple–the guy, anyway, as he usually initiates it-would like to be more intimate–would like to be inside you.    Once a couple become adults, or married, and can enjoy sex all the way, it probably seems more “cute” than romantic.

Alice

I wrote you back when the last Alice book came out. I wanted to send you a copy and have you sign it and you said I could. I never followed through and I was so mad at myself for it. I’m super ecstatic to see that you answer fans regularly through this forum. When the last Alice book came out, I was in college, living on my own, had a serious boyfriend and a steady job. I never related so much to Alice at that time. I was sad the book progressed so quickly away from her college years and young married life. However, I’ve reread the book at 30 and now I relate to the marriage and kids part of her life. And I still love the book just the same. A good author captures you into a book. A great author captures and keeps you coming back for more. You are a great author. There have been so many times in my life that I do things just as Alice would, or find myself trying to live up to her life. As in having a great marriage, being a good mother and having a career. I’ve grown up with her. Reading her first book when I was in elementary school and finishing when I was in college. She is definitely apart of my life. So much so that I planned to name my first daughter after her. Although I was blessed with two boys. LOL
Thank you for writing such a great series. I’ve never been able to find another series I’ve enjoyed as much as yours.

XO,
K

I’m glad to hear from you, because I remember your letter.  In fact, I kept it on my desk for quite some time to remind myself to watch for a book coming to me for an autograph, and it never came.  I worried that it got lost in the mail and that you would always wonder why I didn’t sign it for you.  I confess to  you that the reason I wrote so little about Alice’s college years is because I never had that experience as a single girl.  I married at 18, right out of high school, and though I continued my education and eventually received my degree, it was as a married woman.  In fact, I was a nursing mother when my first son was born (I have two boys also) and attended many classes with milk leaking through my blouse.  Thanks for getting in touch with me, and enjoy those boys!

Thanks for Alice

 

I’m just writing to say thank you for the Alice series, which I started reading in elementary school. I’m 28 now, and read the final book last night. It had been years since I’d read an Alice book, and doing so brought back so many memories from both Alice’s and my own childhood and teenage years. I had forgotten the extent to which I saw Alice as a friend and (titillating!) resource who could tell me all about new and scary experiences before I had to go through them myself. I felt the same way reading the final book last night; marriage, pregnancy and childbirth, cancer, parents aging and dying… These are exactly the things I find myself worrying about now. Thank you for this final gift of reassurance from an old friend.  With Love and Gratitude,

PS–Before I saw your website again today, I had ALSO forgotten how long I spent poring over your answers to reader questions! Thank you for being such a kind source of advice for so many.

I’m glad I was able to be helpful.  My own mother tried to be helpful.  I’m forever grateful that when I asked how babies were conceived, she answered honestly and factually, leaving out all the scary warnings.  But the written material for girls left a lot to be desired, and I can still remember walking down a street in our neighborhood and whispering to a friend that, there in that house are the man and woman who live together and aren’t married!!!

Alice after the final book

Hi! I LOVE the Alice series and was ecstatic when the series ended the way that it did, It was terrific! But out of curiosity, what happened to Alice and her friends after the series ended or what do you think happened? Did Alice and Patrick grow old together and travel a lot more than just to Japan? or did they both decide to relax and enjoy each other in the remainder of their years? Did they have more grandchildren? Did Alice, Elizabeth, and Pamela (My favorite trio) see each other more often? What about Lester? Did he have grandchildren?

Sorry, but your trick didn’t work.  You want me to write another book that follows the last one and work out all those different lives and personalities.  That’s left entirely for the reader, and whatever would satisfy you is the way it should end.

Alice’s Dad’s marriage

Please forgive me for bothering you but I have a few questions about Alice’s Dad. Even though he married Miss Summers, did he still love Marie? I’m still in High school so I don’t fully understand everything about love. I’ve read all the Alice books and thought they were terrific but it seems Alice’s dad didn’t talk about his feelings much but he was a good father to Alice. How does one spouse that you love die and then you marry someone else that you love, arent couples supposed to only love each other forever and always? how does it work? How can you be in love with 2 people?

It would be a very sad world if people couldn’t fall in love again after their spouse dies.  If you truly loved your husband, for example, would you want him to stay sad and lonely if you died first?  Of course Alice’s dad still loved his first wife even though he married Miss Summers.  He loved the memories of all they had done together and the things he liked most about her, and I’m sure he told Miss Summers about her too.  The world is full of people we can love, but everyone is different and  we can fall in love with the differences.  The point is to stay true to the person you marry for as long as you are married.  It does not mean you forget about them after they die.

To A Wonderful Author!!!!!

You probably get this a lot but I am a super duper big fan and the Alice series has really made a big impact on my life! I grew up without a mother and the Alice books helped me through a lot of tough times and I want to sincerely thank you a million times for writing these wonderful books. They were VERY entertaining and I loved how you ended the series with Alice marrying Patrick and having kids and grand kids with him. I also loved how She, Elizabeth, and Pamela all stayed best friends all those years! Every time I read the books my heart warms because there’s so much feeling and reality in them. You are an incredible author!!!!

Wow!   You’ve got me all puffed up for the day!  Thank you.

Did You Have an Aunt Sally?

I loved aunt sally in the Alice books. she was a pretty funny character and she was very kind and I loved that she was always there for Alice even after she got a stepmother, I literally cried when Aunt Sally died in the last book. Did you have an aunt like Aunt Sally?

Aunt Sally represented all the good-hearted women who try to help teenagers with their problems, but are sooooo behind the times.  But I loved her too, and always looked forward to giving her a place in a book.

Alice’s pictures of David

Hello, I’m Victoria. I’m 15 years old and I’m a really enormous fan of Alice. I’ve read all the books and I love them so much they’re my prize possessions! I just wanted to ask you, why was Patrick so angry that Alice had an album of David when he still had a picture of jessica? Why did he still have a picture of jessica anyways and even showed it to Alice if he loved Alice? I mean if he could have a picture of his ex girlfriend why couldn’t Alice have a few pictures of David? Also, when Alice threw away her album of David, did Patrick throw away his picture of jessica? I mean it would only be right wouldn’t it?

Because he was being unreasonable as boys (and girls) sometimes are.  I don’t know if Alice ever asked him if he threw away a picture of Jessica.  Maybe she didn’t care because she figured, He’s only got a picture of her, but he’s got the real me!

Alice & Patrick’s children

Hi!! I’m one of your biggest fans and I love the Alice books most of all! I was so happy when Alice and Patrick finally reunited and got married, I was afraid that you were going to make her marry someone else. I had to pinch myself to see if I was dreaming when they finally had children together. How did you decide how many children they would have? How did you decide their names and personalities? I loved the parts where Alice and Patrick interacted with their kids and I loved how you described Patricia looking identical to Patrick.

I’m glad you approved of her family.  Much of my decision was based on how long that book was going to be and how confused a reader might get if  Alice and Patrick had even more children and their children had children….and when would I know to stop?  I have a thick book called “What to Name a Baby,” and I usually look through that when I’m naming characters in a book.