Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl

Carrie Brownstein writes the way she plays guitar, with raw honesty, passion, and great humor - Vanity Fair

[A] glorious, grungy paean to losing yourself in music - Red

Heartfelt and disarmingly honest … her greatest achievement here is in opening up about her most enduring adversary: herself - Independent

The best memoir to come out of the ‘90s grunge scene - Vogue

A complex and moving portrait of one riot grrl’s coming of age in America - Guardian

The author writes focused and uncluttered prose, choosing the best, most telling details, as she recounts stories that show what it means to perform for the first time and what it means for a woman to be both a fan and a star in a staunchly male-dominated world. Unlike many rock star memoirs, there’s no sense that this book is a chore or a marketing effort. It’s revealing and riveting. On the page as in her songs, Brownstein finds the right words to give shape to experience - Kirkus

She can play, but man, can Carrie Brownstein write … Her blazing memoir is lit by the same flair for adventure, fearless inquiry, and honesty that mark her gritty licks and trenchant vocals - Elle