Not That Kind of Girl: A Memoir

“Truthful, intelligent, and engrossing. This may become a generation's definitive account of books and the city.” —Jeff Sharlet, New York Times bestselling author of The Family

A 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 (The Secret History, The Little Friend), Nell Freudenberger (Lucky Girls, The Dissident), and Amy Bloom (Come to Me, A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You), as well as books such as The Nanny Diaries, Prep, and The Devil Wears Prada, will love Not That Kind of Girl: Carlene Bauer’s hilarious and touching memoir of God, books, and rock and roll.

For every girl who has ever felt caught between who she is supposed to be and who she wants to become.

• Spiritual Memoir: A journey from the certainty of a fundamentalist childhood to the complex, questioning faith of a young woman discovering the world through literature and music.
• Evangelical Christian Upbringing: A sharp, insightful look at life inside Christian schools, youth groups, and a culture that warns against the very rock music and books that are shaping a generation.
• The Good Girl: Navigates the complicated terrain of being a “good girl” who secretly finds more truth in Sylvia Plath and The Smiths than in Sunday sermons.
• God, Books, and Rock and Roll: From The Beatles to The Cure, and from the Bible to Virginia Woolf, this is a story about how the words and sounds we love forge our identities in ways we never expect.