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A controversial incident happened when dunham released 2014 book titled, not that kind of girl, in which she talks about touching her toddler sisters vagina, bribing her with candy for kisses on the lips, and masturbating while lying next to her in bed. For readers or listeners of nora ephron, tina fey, and david sedaris, this hilarious, poignant, and extremely frank collection of personal essays confirms lena dunham the acclaimed creator, producer, and star of hbos girls as one of the brightest an. Title not that kind of girl lena dunham pdf author lena dunham. Lena dunham tells stories about wonderful nights with terrible boys and terrible days with wonderful friends, about ambition and the two existential.
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Read my book so you can understand an essentialmore my name is nancy kerrigan and i had a big career as a figure skater in the 90s that met a tragic end. Dunham was educated at oberlin college, ohio, graduating with a creative writing degree. Lena has also written and directed two feature length films including 2011s tiny furniture, created two web series, and is a. She has been nominated for 8 emmy awards and has won 2 golden globes, including best actress, for her work on girls. The germophobia morphs into hypochondria morphs into sexual anxiety morphs into the pain and angst that accompany entry into middle school. I wonder if she had this feeling while writing her book as well, failing to get to the meat of the story while clearly enjoying the telling. Not that kind of girl by lena dunham home facebook. A young woman tells you what shes learned 01 by dunham, lena isbn.