"The worst heartbreak and most riveting triumph of Anne Rice's life happened in relatively quick succession, each beginning when the US novelist's daughter Michele, then about three told her she was too tired to play. Rice had never heard such a comment from a child that age, and subsequent blood tests ordered by a doctor revealed that her beloved Mouse had acute granulocytic leukemia, considered untreatable for her."
"And as the devastating end neared, then the initial grief of losing her daughter, Rice mostly coped by huddling over her typewriter, crafting what became her first novel: the enduring classic Interview With the Vampire. I knew that writing was the only thing I could do, and when I wrote it was like fighting the darkness, pushing all the absurdity and horror away, Rice later said of her novel about vampires fighting the complications of immortality,"
Anne Rice's daughter Michele ('Mouse') developed acute granulocytic leukemia and died in 1972 shortly before turning six. Rice coped with the impending loss by writing, producing Interview With the Vampire, which included a five-year-old character inspired by Mouse. The manuscript was first read by her husband, poet Stan Rice, who recognized its life-changing impact. The 1976 bestseller spawned a major film starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt, sequels, a Broadway musical by Elton John, and a Netflix series. The book brought Rice international fame, substantial wealth, and a notable New Orleans mansion. Documentaries about Rice are being made available for free streaming.
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