I'm not the most frequent memoir reader, and I have to be honest, I'm often left wondering if the memoir I'm reading needed to exist. Sometimes they feel padded by non-events without much backing them up. This book, however, is sharp, funny, emotional, troubled, sad, and has a direction. This book needed to exist. It needed to be written. It's beautifully shaped. Charming. Serious. I loved it. I felt so much when I was reading it. I'm happy it exists.