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Despite the lack of any evidence in the book that the diarist's name is Alice, the covers of various editions have suggested that her name is Alice by including blurb text such as "This is Alice's true story" [21] and "You can't ask Alice anything anymore. But you can do something—read her diary."
Jul 5, 2022 · The copyright page of Go Ask Alice states that it’s a work of fiction, whereas Jay’s Journal, by means of not staking a claim one way or the other, still purports to be true.
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From the front page, this book promised readers an almost irresistibly tragic tale. "I just saw this cover … it was this girl with this sort of half-shadowed face and then it had these eight words, which have been luring people to that book for 50 years: 'Go Ask Alice, a real diary by Anonymous,'" author and journalist Rick Emerson says. The book o...
Go Ask Alice has long been criticised for its extreme depiction of drug use, which many say often verges on aspirational. The book's title was apparently inspired by the lyrics of Jefferson Airplane's psychedelic song, White Rabbit. The diary's content outraged parents in the 1970s and divided opinion. Some believed its shocking depictions would ac...
Timing also likely helped. US historian David Farber says Go Ask Alice came at the perfect moment to tap into an undercurrent of uncertainty and fear in the American public — and not just about drugs. In the late 60s, Americans had been grappling with the Vietnam War, the assassinations of Robert F Kennedy and Martin Luther King, as well as shockin...
For one woman, this presented a long-awaited opportunity. Beatrice Sparks, a 50-something-year-old homemaker and aspiring author, had been chasing her big break for decades. Gigs were few and far between for a Mormon wife managing the household and three children — even in California, the land of opportunity. But Sparks got by writing for local pap...
Beatrice Sparks watched as her book, Go Ask Alice, smashed publishing sales and seethed. After years spent trying to "make it" in the publishing world, Sparks had written a bestseller. But nobody knew who she was. "As you already know, Mrs Sparks is dedicated to assisting young people and is willing to remain anonymous in order to get the message b...
Jay's Journal follows the story of a "sweet, bright high school student" who falls in with the wrong crowd and starts dating a "dangerous girl", dabbling in drugs and experimenting with devil worship. But according to Alden's brother Scott,it only drew on only about 21 of his brother's diary entries despite 212 being included in the book. Alden's m...
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Jul 3, 2003 · The book Go Ask Alice was the real-life diary of a teenage girl. Rating: False. About this rating. Drugs were on the minds of everyone in the late 1960s and early 1970s, even those who...
Jul 25, 2022 · “Go Ask Alice,” the supposedly real diary of a teen-age drug addict, was really the work of a straitlaced stay-at-home mom. When “Go Ask Alice” was published, in 1971, the author listed on the...
Aug 7, 2022 · The book Don’t Ask Alice purported to be the real-life story of a young girl addicted to drugs. But none of it was true. (The New Yorker, approx 17 mins reading time) The narrator is...
Aug 30, 2022 · Go Ask Alice’s depiction of a young woman’s sordid descent into drug addiction and prostitution blew the minds of millions of adolescents – but it was all based on a lie.
