All the Love in the Land, Alice: An Historical Biographical Fiction Novel

Alice Hicks thought she would wear her wealthy cousins hand me-downs forever. She would never live in the family manse in Mitchell, Ontario, Canada. Her grandfather had founded the town. Her father did not inherit. She was expected to take care of her aging parents while her siblings immigrated to Los Angeles. Suddenly her favorite brother wrote for her to come with Mother. He had made it big. She landed a job right away and fell in love so hard it made her head spin. But her engagement had to be a secret. The dark reason was almost more than she could bear. Until finally she was the properly groomed wife of a man destined to make a fortune. They were riding a great wave of success when tragedy struck. Her husband was dead. Alice buried her grief. With extraordinary energy she pursued magnificent plans to keep her fortune. Her desperate efforts failed. Her darkest secret of all, the fear of poverty, drove her to take her life. “Say it was my heart,” she wrote in her suicide note. And, it really was. Discover Alice Hicks Muma’s remarkable journey. This true story told through her letters and other primary documents reveals her extravagant life, indomitable spirit and the demons that drove her. View Less