'e~It'e(tm)s not Lena Dunham'e(tm)s candour that makes me gasp. Rather, it'e(tm)s her writing 'e" which is full of surprises where you least expect them. This is a fine, subversive book'e(tm) David Sedaris 'e~Always funny, sometimes wrenching, these essays are a testament to the creative wonder that is Lena Dunham'e(tm) Judy Blume 'e~Dunham'e(tm)s writing is just as smart, honest, sophisticated, dangerous, and charming as her work on 'e~Girls'e(tm). Its essential quality is a kind of joyful super-awareness: of herself, the world, the human. Reading her makes you glad to be in the world, and glad that she'e(tm)s in it with you'e(tm) George Saunders 'e~Very few women have become famous for being who they actually are, nuanced and imperfect. When honesty happens, it'e(tm)s usually couched in self-ridicule or self-help. Dunham doesn'e(tm)t apologise like that 'e" she simply tells her story as if it might be interesting. The result is shocking and radical because it is utterly familiar.
'e~Not That Kind of Girl'e(tm) is hilarious, artful, and staggeringly intimate; I read it shivering with recognition'e(tm) Miranda July 'e~Frank, fearless and funny 'e¦ made me want to cry out with thanks that a talented, intelligent woman has said and done worse things than I have and is repeating them without a scrap of shame 'e¦ 'e~Not That Kind of Girl'e(tm) is funny, empowering and as good a millennial guide for navigating and laughing at your foggy adolescence and murky twenties as there can be. I only wish it had been around earlier'e(tm) Sunday Times 'e~I love Lena'e(tm)s book 'e¦ more shocking than I was expecting, sadder and more beautiful 'e" anyway; within a few pages 'e¦ I'e(tm)m charmed, anxious, furious and totally committed'e(tm) Nina Stibbe, Observer 'e~Very funny 'e¦ and imbues the gloom with hope 'e¦ 'eoeHaving it all'e need not mean hitting narrow markers of success 'e" the perfect job/man/body 'e" but instead being able to own your experiences: the good, the bad, the ugly. All of it'e(tm) Independent 'e~Dunham'e(tm)s first book is seldom less than very funny'e(tm) Iona McLaren, Sunday Telegraph.