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Jim Benton - Author
A comic diary premise turns a friendship Jamie feels unable to refuse into a cascade of imagined consequences. The hook is her dramatic reasoning, rather than a clearly described account of how the friendship develops.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA comic diary premise turns a friendship Jamie feels unable to refuse into a cascade of imagined consequences. The hook is her dramatic reasoning, rather than a clearly described account of how the friendship develops.
Jamie imagines divorce, lasting depression, institutional confinement and puppies growing up without both parents as possible consequences.
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That's What Friends Aren't For (Dear Dumb Diary #9) by Jim Benton | Open Library
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