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Typically exposing, brilliantly written’VOGUE

Its quick hits of wit are like sniffs from an oxygenmaskNEW YORK TIMES

‘Few people are willing to be as human as LenaDunhamOBSERVER

‘A generational voice’FINANCIAL TIMES

In this rowdy, frank reflection on illness, fame, sex,and everything in between, the remarkable mind behind the hit seriesGirlsandthe bestselling author ofNot That Kind of Girlasks whetherfulfilling her creative ambitions has been worth the pain.

For the last decade, as shes spent countless hours indoctors waiting rooms searching for diagnoses, treatments, and relief, beingthe owner and operator of Lena Dunhams body has felt, as she puts it, ‘liketowing a wrecked car across town at midnight.’ Its not easy dragging a wreckedcar anywhere, much less to the Met Gala while sewn into a gold lam corset. Orto the set of the hit show that you as a twenty-five-year-old are writing,directing, producing, and starring in. Or to the White House, the GoldenGlobes, or your publicists office to discuss the latest internet disaster. ButDunham does it even if it means interminable hospital stays, vomiting in thebathroom when shes meant to be meeting Oprah, or terrifying those closest toher because she can no longer tell the difference between fighting to do whatshe loves and being a servant to her own ambition. All the while, she isholding out for a love that can withstand her personal and public challengesand, more than anything, yearning to feel like herself again if only shecould remember who that self was.

As Dunham takes us through her journey, tracking her rise tofame from selling the pilot ofGirlsto the present inthree acts, it becomes clear that the spotlight casts long shadows, distortingthe relationships she once held dear and isolating everyone in its glare. Whenan endless supply of drugs cant protect you from pain and begins to controlyour every move being famous doesnt stand a chance against the darkercorners of the human experience.

InFamesick, Dunham asks herself what the costof fulfilling her dreams has really been, and whether it was worth it. What shefinds is deeper than physical relief, and more lasting, as she learns to livewith what she cant change and turn her regrets into wisdom that can carry herforward, as she reconnects to what, and who, she loves.