AUDIO

Not That Kind of Girl

by Lena Dunham
5 CDs. retail ed. unabridged. 6 hrs. Random Audio. 2014. ISBN 9780804127318. $35; digital download. MEMOIR
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Dunham's collection of personal essays is split into sections including "Love & Sex," "Body," "Friendship," "Work," and "Big Picture," but all of the essays are messy and meandering in the best way, overflowing with details that could only come from Dunham's life, one that is rich and complicated, formed by both Dunham's mental tics and her surroundings, from her family of artists in New York to college at Oberlin, OH, and back to New York again. Dunham is clever and self-deprecating, and her essays are often playful, but whatever subject she tackles, she does it purposefully.
VERDICT Dunham might describe herself as wearing 1980s power suits ironically, but her sincerity is palpable here and, ultimately, that's what makes these essays not only a fun read but surprisingly fortifying as well. Well worth hearing in her own voice in this excellent audio version. ["Her essays are a lesson in compassion for oneself and understanding others. She makes her hard-won lessons accessible to all readers," read the review of the Random hc, LJ Xpress Reviews, 10/17/14.]
Reviewed by Heather Malcolm, Bow, WA , Dec 01, 2014
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