Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl

A Memoir

De: Carrie Brownstein

Narrado por: Carrie Brownstein

From the guitarist of the pioneering band Sleater-Kinney, the book Kim Gordon says "everyone has been waiting for" and a New York Times Notable Book of 2015-- a candid, funny, and deeply personal look at making a life--and finding yourself--in music.

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 the most important movements in rock history. Seeking a sense of home and identity, she would discover both while moving from spectator to creator in experiencing the power and mystery of a live performance. With Sleater-Kinney, Brownstein and her bandmates rose to prominence in the burgeoning underground feminist punk-rock movement that would define music and pop culture in the 1990s. They would be cited as “America’s best rock band” by legendary music critic Greil Marcus for their defiant, exuberant brand of punk that resisted labels and limitations, and redefined notions of gender in rock.

HUNGER MAKES ME A MODERN GIRL is an intimate and revealing narrative of her escape from a turbulent family life into a world where music was the means toward self-invention, community, and rescue. Along the way, Brownstein chronicles the excitement and contradictions within the era’s flourishing and fiercely independent music subculture, including experiences that sowed the seeds for the observational satire of the popular television series Portlandia years later.

With deft, lucid prose Brownstein proves herself as formidable on the page as on the stage. Accessibly raw, honest and heartfelt, this book captures the experience of being a young woman, a born performer and an outsider, and ultimately finding one’s true calling through hard work, courage and the intoxicating power of rock and roll.

One Sentence

This book was really amazing, Carrie is smart and witty writer who passionately conveys the feeling of what it is to be a fan of music and art. My only qualm is that, as a huge of her comedy as well as her music I was really hoping I'd get more information on how she met Fred Armisen and about the process of making Portlandia. Besides one sentence mentioning Fred she doesn't cover any of it. Still worth the read tho. Better if you are a bigger Sleater-Kinney fan than Portlandia.

Impressive Expansive and Beautiful

I was blown away by this book. Carrie writes magnificently and the narration could not have been better. I would recommend this audio book to anyone, simply because she has a unique perspective and style. It doesn't matter how familiar a listener is with her work as a musician /actor, it's just good.

Genius

I had no idea who she was, I just stumbled upon this book. Carrie Brownstein is a brilliant, creative genius.

More than a fan!

I was introduced to Carrie via Portlandia, but now more than a fan of Carrie's! :)

Easily One of My Favorite Books

Would you consider the audio edition of Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl to be better than the print version?

I haven't read the print version yet, but the author does such a fantastic job at narrating that I'd have to say "yes" regardless.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Definitely.