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The Diary of a Teenage Girl: An Account in Words and Pictures
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The Diary of a Teenage Girl: An Account in Words and Pictures Hardback - 2003

by Phoebe Gloeckner

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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 attracted by my youthfulness. So begins the story of Minnie Glover in The Diary of a Teenage Girl. Saddled with a narcissistic mother, a string of sleazy stepfathers, and her own precocious sexuality, fifteen-year-old Minnie plunges into an unguided but fearless adolescence. More than a simple diary, this acclaimed cartoonist's semi-autobiographical story of her coming of age in San Francisco in the 1970s is a deft blend of visual and verbal narrative, a frank and unflinching chronicle of survival in an incomprehensible world.

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This book was begun in earnest on a cold, foggy evening in March 1976 coincidentally the occasion of a full moon which could only be seen from this part of the Earth through breaches in the layer of fog.

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  • Title The Diary of a Teenage Girl: An Account in Words and Pictures
  • Author Phoebe Gloeckner
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 301
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Frog in Well, Berkeley
  • Publication date February 28, 2003
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781583940808 / 1583940804
  • Weight 1.97 lbs (0.89 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.52 x 6.85 x 1.32 in (24.18 x 17.40 x 3.35 cm)
  • Category Fiction - General
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 99027253
  • Dewey Decimal Code 813.54

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"What's unusual and wonderful about Gloeckner's writing and art is its unflinching engagement with messy truths. The Diary of a Teenage Girl is shockingly—and refreshingly—frank, strongly conveying what it's like to be a sexual girl in a problematic world."
The Utne Reader

About the author

Phoebe Gloeckner was born in Philadelphia and raised in San Francisco. Her comics first appeared in underground publications when she was in her teens. A critically acclaimed collection of her comics, paintings, and etchings, " A Child's Life and Other Stories," was published in 1998. In addition to paintings and comics, she has made award-winning short films.

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