Synopses & Reviews
Eleven-year-old Alice Duncan has a problem: her body is, literally, growing up too fast. Gawky, innocent, and tongue-tied, Alice is taller than her teachers, with long, long legs and a voluptuous chest she refers to it as "The Breasts."
One Pill Makes You Smaller brings to life the surreal experience of being a girl--stuck in a womans body. Dierbeck shoots down the rabbit hole of 1970s misbehavior, combining her modern tale with the fantastic universe of Alice in Wonderland, set in the black-lit, drug-infested art world of Andy Warhol's Manhattan. When Alice is shipped off to a freethinking art camp in North Carolina, she encounters J.D., a sweet-talking adult man who engages her in a dangerous flirtation. This deliciously pop, self-assured debut is an inspired paean to lost innocence.
Review
"Bracing...the dark heart at the center of the book is just right. It leaves a lasting impression."--
The New York Times Book Review"A tour de force, a meshing of the myths of the counterculture with the fantastic universe of Lewis Carroll... Genuinely original, compulsively readable."--Publishers Weekly (starred)
"Riveting."--O Magazine
"A lavish, unnerving portrait."--Time Out New York
"Marks an important literary debut."--The Boston Phoenix
Synopsis
Brings together the surreal experience of being a girl--stuck in a woman's body. Dierbeck shoots down the rabbit hole of 1970s misbehavior, combining her modern tale with the fantastic "Alice in Wonderland, set in the drug-infested art world of Warhol's Manhattan. This deliciously pop, self-assured debut is an inspired paean to lost innocence.
About the Author
Lisa Diebeck lives in Brooklyn, New York with her husband. Twice nominated for a Pushcart Prize, she is a contributor to B
arron's and
The New York Times Book Review.
One Pill Makes You Smaller is her debut novel.