Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned"

"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 tales of friendship and dieting (kind of), of having two existential crises before turning twenty, and of getting your butt stroked by your boss. 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. Narratives about establishing oneself in front of a room full of fifty-year-old guys in Hollywood and turning up to "the most outrageously fashionable event ever with the crustiest red nose you have ever seen" 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.