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
             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. 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.
             Anne's mother continued drinking until the day of her death in 1956. 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. 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 met a boy named Stan Rice. Stan was very involved with
             poetry and he and Anne instantly hit it off. Stan had an influence on Anne like no other
             person had. He was the first boy she kissed which was an experience she wrote about
             in her second novel, The Feast of All Saints- here is the excerpt.
             Richard had kissed Marie and she had never felt a sensation akin to what she'd
             experienced when he was holding her lightly, gently, as if he might break her, in his
             arms. His hands had spread out firmly ...