In the women's restroom of a California gas station, Esther Pearl Watson found the abandoned diary of one Tammy Pierce, charting the ups and downs of her high-school life, circa 1988. Tammy's hopes, dreams, and humiliations are brought vividly to life in Watson's grotesque-but-touching book Unlovable. Even if you never wore leg warmers with high heels, you'll still recognize your teenage self in Tammy Pierce's unguarded, most secret thoughts. And if you did wear leg warmers with heels, well, maybe this was your diary.

Vulture's Comics Page is proud to present an exclusive seven-page excerpt from Esther Pearl Watson's Unlovable, out this week from Fantagraphics Books.