When Kristin Hersh was 18 years old, her indie rock band Throwing Muses recorded its first album, she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and she became a mother for the first time. In Hersh’s new memoir, Rat Girl, based on her diary, she chronicles an extraordinary year.
OK. Marisa Meltzer’s review for Slate had sold me by the end of the second sentence. Consider yourself on my wishlist, Ms Hersh. There’s nothing wrong with a more standard music memoir, of course, but this one sounds like something really different — and really special.
