Amazing research. The author spares no sympathy for Beatrice Sparks, the author begins these not-so-true “true stories” but sensitively renders the ACTUAL true story of the teenaged boy who suicide resulted in the insane “Jay’s Journal.” The chapters on this boy’s life and death were moving and could have been a book on their own. Very interesting and well-deserved takedown of the original books by a witty and thoughtful writer.