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Phoebe's Diary
- Author
- Phoebe Wahl
- Narrator
- Phoebe Wahl
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio
- Publish Date
- 5 September 2023
- Run Time
- 6 hours 35 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Relationship stories – Romance, love or friendship, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Eating disorders, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Dating, relationships, romance and love
What to expect
Take a peek inside Phoebe’s Diary into a bracingly honest illustrated account of the explosive turmoil and joy of adolescence, based on the author’s actual teenage journals.
Meet Phoebe. She is cool and insecure, talented and vulnerable, sexy and awkward, driven and confused, ecstatic and tragic. Like you. And here is her diary, packed full of invaluable friends and heartbreaking crushes, spectacular playlists and vintage outfits, drama nerds and art kids, old wounds and new love. Based on her own teenage diary, Phoebe Wahl has melded truth with fiction and art with text, casting a spell that brings readers deep into the experience of growing up.
An Amazon Best Book of 2023 • A Kirkus Best YA and Teen Book of 2023 • A Powell's Best Book of 2023
★ “In her emotionally vulnerable YA debut, Wahl ... revisits her high school diaries to deliver a fictional adaptation of her adolescence ... skillfully presenting a raw, unfiltered story about growing up and taking risks that will surely resonate.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review
Critics Review
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Praise for Phoebe's Diary:
"Phoebe's Diary honestly captures teenage angst, confusion, and the yearning for love and identity. In parts funny and philosophical, it speaks to every person on earth."—Maira Kalman, award-winning and bestselling author, artist, and designer -
"I couldn’t stop smiling as I read this relentlessly relatable book. Phoebe Wahl has created a glittering treasure map of teenage life. She illuminates a year of adolescent longing, discovery, pleasure, and heartbreak. It is deeply sweet, sexy, and true. I wanted it to last forever."—Sophia Glock, creator of the graphic memoir Passport
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* "Wahl’s distinctive, instantly recognizable art adds humor and heart to each page. . . . An earnest, relatable, and affecting celebration of teenage yearning."—Kirkus, starred review
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Details
- Author
- Phoebe Wahl
- Narrator
- Phoebe Wahl
- Duration
- 6 hours 35 minutes
- Release Date
- 5 September 2023
- ISBN
- 9781668638125
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Relationship stories – Romance, love or friendship, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Eating disorders, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Dating, relationships, romance and love
Synopsis
INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER! Take a peek inside Phoebe’s Diary into a bracingly honest illustrated account of the explosive turmoil and joy of adolescence, based on the author’s actual teenage journals.​    Meet Phoebe. She is cool and insecure, talented and vulnerable, sexy and awkward, driven and confused, ecstatic and tragic. Like you. And here is her diary, packed full of invaluable friends and heartbreaking crushes, spectacular playlists and vintage outfits, drama nerds and art kids, old wounds and new love. Based on her own teenage diary, Phoebe Wahl has melded truth with fiction and art with text, casting a spell that brings readers deep into the experience of growing up.An Amazon Best Book of 2023 • A Kirkus Best YA and Teen Book of 2023 • A Powell's Best Book of 2023  ★ “In her emotionally vulnerable YA debut, Wahl ... revisits her high school diaries to deliver a fictional adaptation of her adolescence ... skillfully presenting a raw, unfiltered story about growing up and taking risks that will surely resonate.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review 
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