Author

Lena Dunham

We've read and reviewed Lena Dunham's memoir and mental health book Famesick: A Memoir on Book of the Day — scored and written up in full, with a clear verdict on who it's for.

Cover of Famesick: A Memoir by Lena Dunham

Famesick: A Memoir

by Lena Dunham

Famesick: A Memoir, Lena Dunham's account of the decade behind Girls, is less a celebrity tell-all than a rigorous piece of narrative nonfiction about what chronic illness and ambition can cost a body. She traces her rise to fame in three sharp acts, and the writing is sharpest exactly where the stakes are highest.