# Alice and the Fly

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- Book: [Alice and the Fly](https://www.bookquiver.com/james-rice/alice-and-the-fly) ([Alice and the Fly.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/james-rice/alice-and-the-fly.md))
- Authors: [James Rice](https://www.bookquiver.com/james-rice), [Scott Williams](https://www.bookquiver.com/scott-williams)
- Publisher: hodder_stoughton
- Medium: audio
- ISBN: 978-14-7360-469-8
- Published: 2015-01-15
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Audiobook

## Description

This is a book about phobias and obsessions, isolation and dark corners. It's about families, friendships, and carefully preserved secrets. But above everything else it's about love. Finding love - in any of its forms - and nurturing it. Miss Hayes has a new theory. She thinks my condition's caused by some traumatic incident from my past I keep deep-rooted in my mind. As soon as I come clean I'll flood out all these tears and it'll all be ok and I won't be scared of Them anymore. The truth is I can't think of any single traumatic childhood incident to tell her. I mean, there are plenty of bad memories - Herb's death, or the time I bit the hole in my tongue, or Finners Island, out on the boat with Sarah - but none of these are what caused the phobia. I've always had it. It's Them. I'm just scared of Them. It's that simple. (P)2015 Hodder & Stoughton