'Very few women have become famous for being who they actually are, nuanced and imperfect. Reading her makes you glad to be in the world, and glad that she's in it with you.' George Saunders

Its essential quality is a kind of joyful super-awareness: of herself, the world, the human. 'Dunham's writing is just as smart, honest, sophisticated, dangerous, and charming as her work on ‘Girls'. 'Always funny, sometimes wrenching, these essays are a testament to the creative wonder that is Lena Dunham.' Judy Blume This is a fine, subversive book.' David Sedaris Rather, it's her writing - which is full of surprises where you least expect them. 'It's not Lena Dunham's candour that makes me gasp. But I am a girl with a keen interest in having it all, and what follows are hopeful dispatches from the frontlines of that struggle.'Īdvance praise for Not That Kind of Girl: I am not a mother of three or the owner of a successful hosiery franchise. No, I am not a sexpert, a psychologist, or a dietician. I'm already predicting my future shame at thinking I had anything to offer you, but also my future glory in having stopped you from trying an expensive juice cleanse or thinking that it was your fault when the person you are dating suddenly backs away, intimidated by the clarity of your personal mission here on Earth. 'If I could take what I've learned and make one menial job easier for you, or prevent you from having the kind of sex where you feel you must keep your sneakers on in case you want to run away during the act, then every misstep of mine was worthwhile. Lena Dunham, acclaimed writer-director-star of HBO and Sky Atlantic's Girls and the award-winning movie Tiny Furniture, displays her unique powers of observation, wisdom, and humour in this exceptional collection of essays.

Not That Kind of Girl by Lena Dunham