Go Ask Alice

Go Ask Alice

Summary

Have you ever kept a diary? This is the diary of a young girl growing up in sixties America – an honest account of teenage life. But as well as discovering new friends, dating and going to parties, the author of this diary discovers something else: drugs. It is the era of free love and experimentation with mind-bending substances. And one thing leads to another.

This book was first published several decades ago as the shocking real diary of a young woman. Whether it is fact or fiction is up to you to decide.

BACKSTORY: Read the fascinating story of this mysterious book’s first publication

Reviews

  • A book that all teenagers and parents of teenagers should really read
    Boston Globe

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