The book is made up of several edited diary entries written at different times and in different journals throughout Darling's short life.

The book also includes various letters and unprofessional sketches drawn by Darling, who was known to be interested in drawing from childhood.

Also, the book's pages tell of her dreams, ambitions and wishes; including super-stardom, to be a complete woman, and to marry.

Darling's diary entries also reveal her confusion about her sexuality and gender identity (as she was a pre-operative transgender woman).

[citation needed] Her loneliness, desperation, and ultimate frustration at society's refusal to accept her and its rejection of who she truly was are described as well.