
My Mad Fat Diary is a TV series created by Rae Earl in 2013 and based on the book My Fat, Mad Teenage Diary by Rae Earl, first published in 2007. The TV series features Jodie Comer, Ciara Baxendale, Dan Cohen, Sharon Rooney, Ian Hart, Claire Rushbrook, and others.
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“The TV series is better than the book”
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Storyline
Set in Stamford, Lincolnshire in the mid-1990s, the series follows the story of 16-year-old, Rae Earl, who has just left a psychiatric hospital, where she has spent four months. She begins to reconnect with her best friend, Chloe, who is unaware of Rae’s mental health and body image problems, believing she was in France for the past four months.
Movie vs Book

Year
2013
Minutes
47
Movie Rate
8.40
Source: IMDb
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