Rat Girl

Rat Girl - Kristin Hersh

Kristin Hersh apologetically publishes her diary. It's been edited and helpfully divided in four seasons, if individual dates once separated entries they've been removed, making this read more like a novel than a journal. Her lyrics quoted alongside the text emphasize the highly personal (whatever she may say in the introduction) nature of her songs.

I love Throwing Muses. So glad I found them, even if it was in a backwards sort've way, listening to Belly first, and then The Breeders, before finding a copy of 'The Real Ramona' at the SEVCA. Knowing the music helps a lot with my enjoyment of this book, but it reads better than many of the troubled youth memoirs that crowd bookshelves everywhere.