{"product_id":"cringe-teenage-diaries-journals-notes-letters-poems-and-abandoned-rock-operas","title":"Cringe: Teenage Diaries, Journals, Notes, Letters, Poems, and Abandoned Rock Operas","description":"Did you keep a diary during your teen years? Do you have a box of loopy-cursive, never-sent notes to your crush? Or some overwrought poetry about your bleak existence? An unfinished rockopera? Well, you’re not alone, and in Cringe, you’ll find a reason to unearth your adolescent angst and have a good laugh—at yourself.\n\nA compilation of real teenage diary and journal entries, letters,\nsongs, stories, and lists—along with biting commentary, background, and self-examination from the now so-called grown-ups who wrote them—Cringe offers a voyeuristic glimpse at the roller coaster of youth in all of its navel-gazing, soul-searching, social-skewering glory.\n\nCringe -worthy excerpts include\n\nReally bad poetry:\nI lumber like the sad clown with\nthe hope that my performance\nmight make you smile.\nYet I am a flickering star over\na cloudy sky.\n\nBlush-inducing pep talks:\nOK. It’s the end of February. No more\nkidding around! You have to go out\nwith someone! You haven’t gone out\nwith someone since the summer!\nAt least fool around with someone!\nCome on! You’ve got it in ya!\n\nQuestionable motivations:\nMy mom is madly in love with\nher boyfriend. . . . Cool! He’s so rich\n. . . I could get a lot out of this—\nvacations, a car—if he buys my mom\none + she gives me hers—psyche!\n\nAnd rages against the world at large:\nI am living in a dream world.\nWishes are a bunch of crap.\nThey never come true so what’s\nthe use of even wasting your\ntime hoping they’ll come true\nwhen they don’t?\n\nInspired by the New York–based reading series of the same name, Cringe will help you realize that being a grown-up isn’t all that terrible. At least you don’t have to worry about who’s going to be at the mall anymore.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0307393585\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0307393585.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Brown, Sarah\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43743889752125,"sku":"BVV.0307393585.G","price":16.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0307393585-0.jpg?v=1790804823","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/cringe-teenage-diaries-journals-notes-letters-poems-and-abandoned-rock-operas","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}