"Never fancied him anyway,” I'd write when a boy dumped me. I'd leave out things that had gone wrong, or been difficult. I think it was partly an exercise in defiance, a refusal to be defeated by life's adversities. So in that sense, my diary was a bit of a self-help manual, written by me, for me. (Tracey Thorn)

"Never fancied him anyway,” I'd write when a boy dumped me. I'd leave out things that had gone wrong, or been difficult. I think it was partly an exercise in defiance, a refusal to be defeated by life's adversities. So in that sense, my diary was a bit of a self-help manual, written by me, for me.

Tracey Thorn

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