Anne Rice: A Fascinating Story

Anne Rice: A Fascinating Story

Because of her fascination with the supernatural, her life in New Orleans, and her daughter’s death, Anne Rice
exhibits powerful and dark emotions in her writings.
Anne Rice’s family life was not always a happy one. Her family was one of the lower middle class, struggling to
make it. Katherine, her mother, became stressed over keeping a household and took to drinking. (Ramsland, 41)
Anne’s mom continued this habit throughout her life. I feel that this drinking had a major effect on Anne’s writing
style. Anne’s books are full of vivid detail. They are written as if they were seen through the eyes of a drunk.
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Anne’s mother continued drinking until the day of her death in 1956. (Ramsland, 383) Katherine’s death hit her
daughter very hard. Since her mother had died, Anne had to become a mother to her two younger sisters, Tamara
and Karen. Anne hated to assume this role and looked for a way out. Her father gave this to her in the form of St.
Joseph Academy, a boarding school. (Ramsland, 53)
This was not a very good solution considering how much Anne hated the school. She cried every night for about a
year, and would later write about her experiences an a novel, The Witching Hour. When Anne became sixteen her
father remarried. Howard(Anne’s father) and his new wife, Dorothy, decided to move to Texas to follow Howard’s’
work. This decision shocked Anne and she was very opposed; the move still took place.
At her new school, Anne ...

Anne Rice: A Fascinating Story

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