Book description
Emma Watson's Book Club pick for July and August 2016
Before Carrie Brownstein became a music icon, she was a young girl growing up in the Pacific Northwest just as it was becoming the setting for one of the most important movements in rock history. Seeking a sense of home…
Why read it?
1 author picked Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I love this book so much.
As a fan of Sleater-Kinney and Portlandia, I couldn’t not pick it up. Brownstein writes so profoundly and generously about her life in this deeply personal memoir.
The way that she took agency in her life inspired me to leave an abusive relationship. One of the many ways this book changed my life.
From Ling's list on the power of music.
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