From the Acclaimed Creator, Producer, and Star of Hbo"s comes a hilarious, wise, and fiercely candid collection of personal essays that establishes Lena Dunham as one of the most original young talents writing today. Here, Dunham illuminates the experiences that are part of making our way in the world: falling in love, feeling alone, being ten pounds overweight despite eating only health food, having to prove yourself in a room full of men twice your age, and, most of all, having the guts to believe that your story is one that deserves to be told. "I"m already predicting my future shame at thinking I had anything to offer you," Dunham writes. "But if I can 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 will have been worthwhile."