Alice Anyway

Set in the hill country of 1940s Kentucky, Alice Anyway tells the story of a quiet young woman who marries into a life of righteousness and control—and slowly begins to unravel the difference between faith and fear, obedience and selfhood.

After the death of her beloved father, Alice Aniway is drawn into the arms of a devout church family who offer belonging, purpose, and structure—everything her grieving heart longs for. But beneath the hymns and handshakes, something darker begins to stir. As Alice becomes a wife, a believer, and then a mother-to-be, she finds herself retreating from the girl she once was—the girl who loved wildflowers, made terrariums out of found glass, and wandered the hills barefoot under her father’s watchful eye.

When loss strikes again, Alice must decide if survival means staying quiet—or if her freedom depends on listening to the voice that’s been whispering inside her all along.

Told in lyrical prose and rich with emotional depth, Alice Anyway is a story about finding the courage to become who you were always meant to be—even when the world tells you otherwise.