The Diary of a Teenage Girl

By Phoebe Gloeckner,

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First released in 2002, this provocative, critically acclaimed novel is now a major motion picture starring Bel Powley, Kristen Wiig, and Alexander Skarsgård.
 
“I don't remember being born. I was a very ugly child. My appearance has not improved so I guess it was a lucky break when he was…

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1 author picked The Diary of a Teenage Girl as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This slightly fictionalized but largely autobiographical book is adapted from the author’s childhood diary pages and reconfigured into a sharp, beautiful, and honest narrative about a fifteen-year-old’s coming of age.

Gloeckner treats her protagonist with the kind of respect and dignity that young women are rarely afforded, and the result is an incredible account of youth, sexuality, abuse, and growing up that honors teenage girls and all they are capable of. 

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