I suggest his book to all girls in America who's life wasn't perfect.which is all of them. I actually plan on giving it to an old friend I was a teenage head-case with so she can feel nostalgic too because I know she was going through the exact same thing aswel. Lesley Arfin is the New York-based author of Dear Diary and the former editor of Missbehave magazine. And this book, or most of it, is what most of the young girls in America are going through right now and have been going through for a while and it isn't healthy, but it sure is nostalgic for me! I really loved this book, it hit so close to home. America breeds drug addicts and under-age sex machines. Dear Diary by Lesley Arfin, Chlo Sevigny (Introduction) 3.42 Rating details 2,271 ratings 191 reviews A collection of a girl's funniest diary entries from 12 to 25 years old. In addition to her work in television, Lesley wrote for Vice Magazine as well as numerous other publications, and her book, Dear Diary, though according to. Dear Diary, a book by Lesley Arfin Dear Diary, a novel by Jeanne Betancourt Dear Diary. Girls in this country are so unbelievably confused and constantly making poor choices because, well, I blaim society. may refer to: In film and television: Dear Diary (1996 film). But what I liked most about this book is that it's a truthful, accurate portrayal of what young girls in America go through and are still going through. The column was an instant success, giving Vice a much needed chick angle, and launching Arfin’s writing carreer.
After a few botched attemps at academia she settled on writing, or, more specifically, writing a regular Dear Diary column for Vice Magazine beginning in 2002. I figured I would relate to it a little bit but I was surprised at how similiar my experience was to hers. Lesley Arfin was born in Long Island, New York, in 1978. Even though the cover of it's really ugly (and I like my books beautiful), I felt somewhat close to Lesley while reading this book because I identified with what she went through because I went through the exact same thing, except I didn't get horribly addicted to heroin (only a little addicted).