Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Go Ask Alice" in English language version.
Despite the book being titled Go Ask Alice, the "Alice" character is only mentioned briefly, after the narrator just picks up her bags and leaves home, and ends up in Coos Bay, Oregon. One sentence in the diary may, or may not, state the diarist's name; "Daddy can't come, he's humping Carla"....All I can say is this encounter did not end well for "Carla" (I use the quotations because her name has never been confirmed).
The novel Go Ask Alice (1971), by James Jennings, written in diary form, tell [sic] the story of a teenage girl who suffers from terrible mood swings that are exacerbated by drug use.Although this source identifies the book's author as "James Jennings", without further discussion, no other reliable source support has been found for a person named James Jennings being an author or co-author of the book.
The Alice of the title refers to the woman on drugs in the Jefferson Airplane song, as well as a girl the "narrator" meetings [sic] in the novel. It's theorized that the author is "Carla" as from p. 113: "Big Ass makes me do it before he gives me the load. Little Jacon is yelling, "Mama, Daddy can't come now. He's humping Carla."
"Go Ask Alice", (title adapted from Grace Slick's song, "White Rabbit",) is the anonymous diary of a 15-year-old drug user.
The book's subject (we are never given her name, but assume she is Alice) comes from a normal, middle-class family...
For Alice was real and could have lived next door; her parents...decided to let her story be told.
"Go Ask Alice," written anonymously, is based on the actual diary of a girl "turned on" to drugs when she was 15.
The diary is published by her parents, who wish to remain anonymous...Some events have been changed to protect them, so the book is classified as fiction...
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)FYI: Glovach is a co-author of Go Ask Alice.
FYI: Glovach is a co-author of Go Ask Alice.
Despite the book being titled Go Ask Alice, the "Alice" character is only mentioned briefly, after the narrator just picks up her bags and leaves home, and ends up in Coos Bay, Oregon. One sentence in the diary may, or may not, state the diarist's name; "Daddy can't come, he's humping Carla"....All I can say is this encounter did not end well for "Carla" (I use the quotations because her name has never been confirmed).
The Alice of the title refers to the woman on drugs in the Jefferson Airplane song, as well as a girl the "narrator" meetings [sic] in the novel. It's theorized that the author is "Carla" as from p. 113: "Big Ass makes me do it before he gives me the load. Little Jacon is yelling, "Mama, Daddy can't come now. He's humping Carla."
I worked with editor Ellen Roberts, who'd consulted on the old YA diary Go Ask Alice.
I worked with editor Ellen Roberts, who'd consulted on the old YA diary Go Ask Alice.