Buy this: And The Heart Says Whatever By Emily Gould
It’s out today! Again, I’m not good at reviewing my friends’ books but here are a Couple Things I observed when I read Emily’s book:
* Because a few people have done this, please do not make the mistake of reading this book as either a full-on “my entire life story” memoir (it’s surely the first of many quirky true-stories volumes by Em), or, worse, as some sort of Gawker expose. Gawker is, basically, barely mentioned! It’s about other things, blessedly. The other day Emily blogged that she can’t wait for someone to read the book who isn’t expecting it to be about Gawker, and to that I say Amen. (How boring would that book be?) (Also, you know who you are, unimaginative/solipsistic media people out there. Skimming for your own name is not the same as reading.)
BUT, MOST IMPORTANT:
* This was my main takeaway from ATHSW: You know the Manic Pixie Dream Girl from the movies? Well, the best way I can think of describing ATHSW is “It’s as if the story (of high school lust, of big-city adventure, and, especially, of love won and lost) were told from the Manic Pixie Dream Girl’s point of view, instead of the whiny dude’s.”
And The Heart Says Whatever (which I’m sure everyone knows by now, takes its title from Emily’s hero Stevie Nicks) is available on Amazon, Powells, and bookstores everywhere.
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