Go Ask Alice.

ANONYMOUS] SPARKS, Beatrice.

Item Number: 1447

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall Inc., 1971.

Prepublication copy of Go Ask Alice, the classic work that has sold millions of copies. Octavo, original wrappers. Inscribed by the author, Beatrice Sparks. Although, the author is “anonymous” it has been widely known that the author is indeed Sparks, a therapist and youth counselor. Fine in wrappers. Rare signed and inscribed.

The torture and hell of adolescence has rarely been captured as clearly as it is in this classic diary by an anonymous, addicted teen. Lonely, awkward, and under extreme pressure from her "perfect" parents, "Anonymous" swings madly between optimism and despair. When one of her new friends spikes her drink with LSD, this diarist begins a frightening journey into darkness. The drugs take the edge off her loneliness and self-hate, but they also turn her life into a nightmare of exalting highs and excruciating lows. Although there is still some question as to whether this diary is real or fictional, there is no question that it has made a profound impact on millions of readers during the more than 40 years it has been in print. "[This] extraordinary work for teenagers is a document of horrifying reality and literary quality" (The New York Times).