Ali in Wonderland is Ali Wentworth’s collection of stories from her childhood in Washington D.C. with her mother and stepfather all the way to her marriage and becoming a mother herself.
Ali is at her best when she’s remembering teenage hi-jinks. Some of her memories with her sister and boarding school pals are hysterical.
Other stories are terrifying. Ali recounts walking to her car one night and being accosted by a gang. Or there was the time she hitched a ride with a man who was apparently very drunk.
But, once Ali moves from her childhood into adulthood, this memoir loses some of its luster.
The chapters about meeting her husband for the first time, barfing continuously during pregnancy and why her children are special don’t have the same draw as the rest of the tales.
Maybe she started to run out of ideas? I don’t know. But the last few chapters felt tacked on to me.
Only recommended for big fans of Ali Wentworth. Side note: the author reads the audiobook herself.
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