fan art of Queen Alice . All the images depicted a beautiful girl with long , blonde hair , wearing a fancy white dress and crown or tiara . The age , clothing designs , and art styles varied , but they all showed a common influence . One Blumfield recognized from his childhood . Checkmate , he thought , laughing out loud at his own joke . “ Something funny , Dad ?” Jace called from the kitchen . Blumfield glanced out of his office and spotted Jace with a bag of tortilla chips .
“ You could say that ,” he replied . “ And don ’ t snack before dinner !” He slid his chair back and walked swiftly to the door . “ I ’ ll be right back .”
Blumfield rushed up the stairs , into his bedroom , and to his bookshelf . Most of the books were non-fiction , covering everything from histories to memoirs and autobiographies , but some fiction tomes were scattered among them , including some he ’ d had from childhood . It was one of those he was looking for . He scanned the shelves before pulling out a paperback .
He looked down at the book with fond familiarity . It was a collection featuring Alice ’ s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass , and What Alice Found There . This edition also came with illustrations done in the style of Impressionist paintings , especially those of young girls and dancers by Edgar Degas and Pierre-August Renoir . The book had been a gift for Blumfield ’ s seventh birthday , and he ’ d held onto it throughout the years , even introducing Jace to the original Alice tales through this tome .
26 HANNAH AND OTHER STORIES
fan art of Queen Alice . All the images depicted a beautiful girl with long , blonde hair , wearing a fancy white dress and crown or tiara . The age , clothing designs , and art styles varied , but they all showed a common influence . One Blumfield recognized from his childhood . Checkmate , he thought , laughing out loud at his own joke . “ Something funny , Dad ?” Jace called from the kitchen . Blumfield glanced out of his office and spotted Jace with a bag of tortilla chips .
“ You could say that ,” he replied . “ And don ’ t snack before dinner !” He slid his chair back and walked swiftly to the door . “ I ’ ll be right back .”
Blumfield rushed up the stairs , into his bedroom , and to his bookshelf . Most of the books were non-fiction , covering everything from histories to memoirs and autobiographies , but some fiction tomes were scattered among them , including some he ’ d had from childhood . It was one of those he was looking for . He scanned the shelves before pulling out a paperback .
He looked down at the book with fond familiarity . It was a collection featuring Alice ’ s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass , and What Alice Found There . This edition also came with illustrations done in the style of Impressionist paintings , especially those of young girls and dancers by Edgar Degas and Pierre-August Renoir . The book had been a gift for Blumfield ’ s seventh birthday , and he ’ d held onto it throughout the years , even introducing Jace to the original Alice tales through this tome .