“[A] stunning new memoir… thick with contemplation, packed with ideas and images rendered in exacting, evocative prose…. Brave and startlingly beautiful.” —
Time Out New York
“Truthful, intelligent, and engrossing. This may become a generation's definitive account of books and the city.” —Jeff Sharlet,
New York Times
bestselling author of
The Family
A loving and literate, honest and insightful look into the heart of that unsung heroine: the good girl. Fans of the strong narrative voices of such writers as Donna Tartt (
The Secret History, The Little Friend
), Nell Freudenberger (
Lucky Girls, The Dissident
), and Amy Bloom (
Come to Me, A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You
), as well as books such as
The Nanny Diaries, Prep
, and
The Devil Wears Prada
, will love
Not That Kind of Girl
: Carlene Bauer’s hilarious and touching memoir of God, books, and rock and roll.