Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned"From the acclaimed creator, producer and star of HBO's Girls comes a hilarious, wise (and extremely frank) series of dispatches from the frontlines of that epic struggle known as "growing up," confirming Lena Dunham as one of the brightest and most original writers working today. "There is nothing gutsier to me than a person announcing that their story is one that deserves to be told," writes Lena Dunham, and it certainly takes guts to share the stories that make up her first book, Not That Kind of Girl. These are stories about getting your butt touched by your boss, about friendship and dieting (kind of) and having two existential crises before the age of 20. Stories about travel, both successful and less so, and about having the kind of sex where you feel like keeping your sneakers on in case you have to run away during the act. Stories about proving yourself to a room of 50-year-old men in Hollywood and showing up to "an outlandishly high-fashion event with the crustiest red nose you ever saw." Fearless, smart, and as heartbreakingly honest as ever, Not That Kind of Girl establishes Lena Dunham as more than a hugely talented director, actress and producer--it announces her as a fresh and vibrant new literary voice. |
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User Review - AngelaLam - LibraryThingJust as kookie, interesting, and neurotic as the TV series, GIRLS, Dunham tells her tales with no-holds-barred honesty and insight. At times laugh out loud funny and other times incredibly sad, this memoir was an easy week read that left me feeling lucky to be almost normal. Read full review
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User Review - Nancy_LiPetri - LibraryThingIf you're a fan of "Girls" you'll devour this autobiographical collection of essays. But if you can't handle the Lena truth, it's not for you. If you can, it will probably have you thinking 'how scarily real' one moment and laughing out loud the next. I think she's genius. Read full review
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Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned" Lena Dunham Limited preview - 2014 |
Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned" Lena Dunham No preview available - 2015 |
Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned" Lena Dunham No preview available - 2014 |