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Jay's Journal by Beatrice Sparks6/23/2023 Debunked, it is shown that minimal amounts were factual and all the juicy details were fiction.With that said, who cares! I tracked down the revision of this book that I read as a teen. In fact, growing up in Utah, Jay's Journal had a specific allure to the teenage crowd as it was purportedly written by a guy in our area during my parents generation. There was even a little "training manual" feel to them as we picked apart things we knew vs those elements we did not.Jay's Journal was no exception to this. Drug addiction, homelessness, angst and suicidal tendencies, all of these are fair game within her edits.When I was a kid though, I did not know any of this, and as with many kids, we read these stories with a sick guilty pleasure. Beatrice Sparks is well known for taking the words of teenagers and bulking them up with fictional fluff to make them sell a specific narrative.
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