{"product_id":"not-that-kind-of-girl-a-memoir-paperback","title":"Not That Kind of Girl: A Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarlene Bauer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\" A] stunning new memoir... thick with contemplation, packed with ideas and images rendered in exacting, evocative prose.... Brave and startlingly beautiful.\" --\u003cem\u003eTime Out New York\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Truthful, intelligent, and engrossing. This may become a generation's definitive account of books and the city.\" --Jeff Sharlet, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Family\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA loving and literate, honest and insightful look into the heart of that unsung heroine: the good girl. Fans of the strong narrative voices of such writers as Donna Tartt (\u003cem\u003eThe Secret History, The Little Friend\u003c\/em\u003e), Nell Freudenberger (\u003cem\u003eLucky Girls, The Dissident\u003c\/em\u003e), and Amy Bloom (\u003cem\u003eCome to Me, A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You\u003c\/em\u003e), as well as books such as \u003cem\u003eThe Nanny Diaries, Prep\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Devil Wears Prada\u003c\/em\u003e, will love \u003cem\u003eNot That Kind of Girl\u003c\/em\u003e: Carlene Bauer's hilarious and touching memoir of God, books, and rock and roll.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaised in evangelical churches that preach apocalypse now, Carlene Bauer grows up happy to oblige the God who presides over her New Jersey girlhood. But in high school and in college, her intellectual and spiritual horizons widen, though still she finds it hard to let go of her ingrained ideals and to rebel as she knows she should. She loves rock 'n' roll but politely declines offers of sex and drugs, and hovers between a hunger for the world and a suspicion of it. In her twenties, however, determined to make up for lost time, Bauer undertakes a belated and often comic coming-of-age in New York City--ultimately falling in love and losing her religion, and left wondering just what it means to be good.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSharply written, hilarious, and touching, \u003cem\u003eNot That Kind of Girl\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of one young woman's efforts to define worldliness, ambition, and love on her own terms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 29, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47586565456120,"sku":"9780060840556","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/bWs2cFBIZnpLNUpLWkFsSnl4Mk12Zz09.webp?v=1764842160","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/not-that-kind-of-girl-a-memoir-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}