Pulp Ash
Ash: Alice M.’s Haunted Journal Step into a real-life case study of childhood schizophrenia and witness a young mind’s descent into darkness—then turn it into your next unforgettable performance. A Genuine NIMH Case Study In 1960, nine-year-old Alice M. seemed like any other child—socially awkward, but otherwise unremarkable. Gifted a journal that Christmas, she barely wrote… until tragedy struck in late February, when her father died in a car accident. Acquired in 1975 by a National Institute of Mental Health psychiatrist, Alice’s original journal was published in hardcover in 1978. What you hold is a faithful reproduction of her handwritten entries and raw, haunting sketches. A Chilling Psychological Journey Sporadic early entries give way to daily obsessions Alice’s only “friend,” Ash, emerges in her writing Doodles evolve into disturbing visions of schizophrenia with dissociative episodes Read straight through from innocence to complete surrender to her illness This linear nar