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Go Ask Alice, the infamous "real diary" of a teenage girl is also a movie! Discover the truth about Alice and see groovy fashions.

"Unmask Alice by Rick Emerson goes a long way to showing what investigative journalism could be in the right hands . . . this book is undeniably buzzworthy." --Portland Book Review "An absorbing and unnerving read . . . this book demands to be finished in one sitting." --Booklist Two teens. Two diaries. Two social panics. One incredible fraud. In 1971, Go Ask Alice reinvented the young adult genre with a blistering portrayal of sex, psychosis, and teenage self-destruction. The supposed diary of a middle-class addict, Go Ask Alice terrified adults and cemented LSD's fearsome reputation, fueling support for the War on Drugs. Five million copies later, Go Ask Alice remains a divisive bestseller, outraging censors and earning new fans, all of them drawn by the book's mythic premise: A Real Diary, by Anonymous. But Alice was only the beginning. In 1979, another diary rattled the culture, setting the stage for a national meltdown. The posthumous memoir of an alleged teenage Satanist, Jay's Journal merged with a frightening new crisis--adolescent suicide--to create a literal witch hunt, shattering countless lives and poisoning whole communities. In reality, Go Ask Alice and Jay's Journal came from the same dark place: Beatrice Sparks, a serial con artist who betrayed a grieving family, stole a dead boy's memory, and lied her way to the National Book Awards. Unmask Alice: LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World's Most Notorious Diaries is a true story of contagious deception. It stretches from Hollywood to Quantico, and passes through a tiny patch of Utah nicknamed "the fraud capital of America." It's the story of a doomed romance and a vengeful celebrity. Of a lazy press and a public mob. Of two suicidal teenagers, and their exploitation by a literary vampire. Unmask Alice . . . where truth is stranger than nonfiction. Product DetailsISBN-13: 9781637740422 Media Type: Hardcover Publisher: BenBella Books - Inc. Publication Date: 07-05-2022 Pages: 384 Product Dimensions: 5.90(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.30(d)About the Author Rick Emerson is a longtime radio and television broadcaster, the former host of the nationally-syndicated Rick Emerson Show, and the coauthor (with Lisa Desjardins) of Zombie Economics: A Guide to Personal Finance. He's a regular guest on America's finer podcasts, and can be seen in occasional television roles and a truly dreadful commercial for tires. He lives in Portland, Oregon with his two dogs, Willard and Philo.What People are Saying What People are Saying About This From the Publisher "Emerson’s writing is smart . . . keeping readers engaged across an otherwise complex web of deceit." —Observer "Unmask Alice by Rick Emerson goes a long way to showing what investigative journalism could be in the right hands. The investigation into the work of Beatrice Sparks and her bibliography is intriguing and worth reading. Her motives were questionable, her history suspect, her subjects tragic, but this book is undeniably buzzworthy." —Portland Book Review "An absorbing and unnerving read about how one conniving con artist’s unquenchable thirst for acclaim fooled the publishing world and fed two cultural panics with lasting fallout, this book demands to be finished in one sitting."  —Booklist Show More Table of Contents Table of Contents Author's Note, Part One xiii Prologue: The Pretender 1 Part 1 About a Girl 3 Part 2 The Boy Who Died 95 Part 3 Gods and Monsters 181 Part 4 Contagion 225 Part 5 Shine a Light 287 Epilogue: After Forever 341 Author's Note, Part Two 351 Appendix 359 Acknowledgments 363 Photo Credits 365 Show More

I'm starting off by reviewing an older book from 1971. While you may have heard about it or even read it yourself, I wanted to draw attentio...

Comics for Banned Books Week on the importance of Catcher in the Rye, Maus, Harry Potter, Howl, Go Ask Alice and Fun Home.

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"It was the first time I had read a book like this and it shook me to my core at the end."

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Go ask Alice, Tim Walker

Go ask Alice

His secret is his downfall. A riveting, first-person tale in the tradition of Go Ask Alice and Lucy in the Sky. The author of this fictional diary began writing for a class assignment, but soon it became much more to him. As the star player of his high school football team, he faces a lot of pressure and expectation. Not to mention the secret that he’s harboring inside. The secret that could change everything. And as David quickly learns, nothing stays secret forever. His innermost thoughts and feelings are chronicled in the diary he left behind. Product DetailsISBN-13: 9781442489851 Media Type: Paperback Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers Publication Date: 06-03-2014 Pages: 288 Product Dimensions: 5.20(w) x 5.70(h) x 1.50(d) Age Range: 14 - 17 Years Series: Anonymous Diaries SeriesAbout the Author A Simon & Schuster author.Read an Excerpt Read an Excerpt The Book of David First day of school, first period. Mrs. Harrison is making us all keep a journal for English Literature. We don’t have to turn it in. We just have to write in it for the first ten minutes of class on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays—or the last ten minutes, whichever she decides that day. It’s weird to write with a pen in class. Usually I take notes on my laptop. My hand is already cramping up. The good news is that my handwriting is so atrocious, I’ll be the only person who can read it, so I don’t have to worry about anyone else deciphering this. When Mrs. Harrison announced the journals, Tyler groaned like Coach was forcing him to run line drills. Mrs. Harrison told Tyler there’s something physiological that happens when you write with a pen or pencil on actual paper. He said, “Yeah, my brain shuts down because it’s so bored.” She just rolled her eyes and told him to “hush.” Tyler said he didn’t have anything to write about, and she told him the point is to not stop, to keep your hand moving across the page even if you think you don’t have anything to say. Then she held up a legal pad and a pen at the front of the class and pretended to write across it while she said the words out loud as an example: “I have nothing to write about in my English class, but my crazy-ass teacher is making me keep a journal anyway. I hate her so much, I have smoke coming out of my ears, which I wish was coming out of the bong I can’t tell anyone I own because my name is Tyler Riggs and I’m a starter on the high school football team and if I get caught I will lose my scholarship to one of the forty-seven colleges that send scouts to Hillside High to watch me play. Plus, I will not get to start in the game on Friday night, and my pretty cheerleader girlfriend will think I am a loser.” The whole class cracked up—even Tyler. Mrs. Harrison is our favorite teacher. She’s tough, but she says stuff like “crazy-ass” and makes jokes about pot, which she can get away with because she’s such a good teacher and because her husband is the music pastor at the big Baptist church most of us attend. She’s up front every Sunday, singing in the choir. Actually, nobody knows who the starting lineup is for sure yet. List will be up this afternoon before we hit the locker room. Coach has been playing both me and Tyler at QB this summer. I’m glad two-a-day practices are over, but I’m nervous as hell about him posting the lineup. Tyler’s my best friend and has been since seventh grade. I know how much this means to him. We’ve been pushing each other since we were in junior high—lifting, running, making sure our grades are decent—and it all comes down to this: Only one of us can be starting QB our senior year. Tyler’s got seven pounds on me, but I’ve got two inches on him. He can rush like a locomotive (takes three linemen to drag him down), but I can leap and scramble. Under pressure, he likes to tuck the ball and plow down the field like a tank. I fall back and look for the pass. It’s all up to Coach now. Mrs. Harrison is right about the scouts, too. They’ve been hanging around practice all summer. Tyler told me last week that he’s ready to give a verbal commitment to Arkansas. I’ve been holding out for Oklahoma. I just heard this new kid sitting next to me flip to his third page. He’s writing like his arm is robotic. His hair is wet and he’s wearing a T-shirt that says THE SMITHS. I wonder if that’s his last name. Dang. Mrs. Harrison just told us to wrap it up. Can’t believe it’s been ten minutes already. Show More

Casey Cep writes about the author Beatrice Sparks, who always insisted that there was a real teen-ager behind “Go Ask Alice,” but would never say who it was.

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Unmask Alice lifts the veil on author Beatrice Sparks, who fabricated the lives of young adults to moralize about drugs, sex, and Satanism.

When I was in high school, the words "required reading" sent my rebellious self flying into a combative rage. Required reading? Why should I be required to read anything? Everyone should be free to choose