Alice will come to learn that their real home is a spick and span mansion, and that slumming it is a delightful choice they make when on bvacation/b. The way that Alice adapts to her new social class is beautifully conceived and ... And we as readers have to wonder to what extent this is an apology for the bBush/b family and to what extent a condemnation of them, to what extent it celebrates American culture and to what extent it sharply critiques its underlying contradictions. ...