In this modern retelling of Alice in Wonderland, nineteen-year-old Alice is an aspiring social media influencer chasing visibility, followers, and the approval of a powerful online personality known as the Queen. When an invitation arrives to the party everyone wants to attend, Alice follows - and discovers that Wonderland is far more dangerous than it looked on screen.
Alice Leaves the Party uses the beloved Carroll story as a framework to explore the pressures facing young women today: social media identity, the rush to grow up, peer pressure around alcohol, and the difference between being watched and truly belonging. Alice's journey - from the ring light in her bedroom to a bathroom floor, a midnight phone call to her father, and finally a dance studio where nobody is performing - is a story parents will recognize and daughters will live in.
A conversation starter. A cautionary tale. A love letter to growing up slow.
