These journals inform the book by Tara telling the reader that she has been suffering inside of her for way too long. These journals inform her of all the traumatic events that she has been through, she all keeps it in the book for her to realize how much pain she was living. I feel like the fact she is writing down what hurt her the most, will make her realize how strong as a person she was to live all those traumatic experiences and made her who she is today.