My Fat, Mad Teenage Diary by Rae Earl

An honest teenage diary full of humour and longing

Good Condition - with rubbing, light cover marks and creased or curled corners, including a small nick at the lower rear edge. Text pages are clean.

It is 1989, and seventeen-year-old Rae Earl is trying to make sense of boys, friendship, family and her own place in the world. Living in Stamford with her mother, she confides in her diary with an honesty that turns embarrassment and confusion into something both hilarious and moving. Pop music, nights out and an intense interest in romance sit alongside loneliness, struggles with body image and the feeling that everyone else has somehow understood the rules of growing up. Rae’s real diary captures the detail of a particular time while expressing emotions that reach well beyond it. Funny, outspoken and vulnerable, the book follows a young woman who wants to be taken seriously, find connection and believe that life might offer more than she can yet imagine.