Here in this book, it’s graphic and in our face. Laura’s next few years are documented in the book as she makes her best attempts to lead a normal teenage existence but the emotional, physical, mental and sexual abuse she endures at the hands of BOB lead her down the path that the series touches upon in the first season. We get to know the real Laura, the innocent child who is living a normal pre-teen existence and all the while is being stalked, tormented and eventually abused by BOB. We continue to experience normal childhood events with her such as feelings about boys, her first period and her first kiss. In the early parts of the book we journey with Laura as she receives a horse for her birthday, which she instantly falls in love with in a very innocent, childlike manner. What makes The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer such a truly heartbreaking read is getting to go along for the horrific ride with Laura as she starts as a normal 12 year old girl and then ultimately seeing where she ends up before her death. Personally, I read the book after watching the series, but for someone who read the book when it was released, I would imagine that the book is pretty jaw-dropping in terms of its advancement of the role BOB played in Laura’s life for many years. The book was designed to keep fans engaged during the show’s hiatus and to give fans more insight into Laura’s life and also to drop some major clues as to who was responsible for her demise.
Written by 22 year old Jennifer Lynch (daughter of David) the book starts with Laura’s 12 th birthday and runs up until her final days.
In between the first and second seasons of the original series, The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer was the first Twin Peaks book released.
As an audience, it wasn’t solely about solving a mystery-it was about justice and closure for Laura Palmer. The fact that we never stopped learning about who Laura was and what happened to her throughout her life made every development in her murder investigation that much more emotionally charged. The series never lost sight of the fact that her story was what brought everything together. In Twin Peaks, Laura Palmer was always the emotional core of the show. We would have never got to know the deceased character. In another show, the characters would have mourned for an episode or two and the memory of the deceased would’ve faded into other storyline developments. In a lesser show than Twin Peaks, the deceased catalyst for the series narrative would have never become such a fully formed character. Laura Palmer’s tragic tale began onscreen with the discovery of her body, lifeless and blue, washed ashore nude and wrapped in plastic.
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