Language English Publisher Macmillan Publishers Genres Autobiography, Music | Pages 400 pp (first edition) Country United States of America | |
Media type Print (paperback) and e-book Similar Courtney Love books, Autobiographies | ||
Girl with the Most Cake is an upcoming autobiography and memoir written by musician, actress, and artist Courtney Love. The book details Love's life from her wayward upbringing to her rise to prominence with her band Hole. The book also focuses on several relationships, particularly her marriage to Kurt Cobain, as well as her struggles with addiction. Love described the book as being "not kiss-telly... It's not that. In fact, you'd think I was the Virgin Mary from this book so far — but that doesn't mean there's not juicy parts in it. It's just juicy parts about me, not other people."
It is the second publication by Love, following Dirty Blonde: The Diaries of Courtney Love (2006), which was a scrapbook-style compilation of diary entries and photographs.
In an April 2014 interview, Courtney stated that she has rejected the book suggesting it may not be released. In July, however, she said that the book was "coming soon".
Press release
Macmillan's press release describes the book as such:
"Alternatively criticized and vilified, embraced and idolized, Courtney Love has been polarizing opinion from the moment she stormed her way onto the music scene over twenty years ago. Yet everything we know about her has come from the media or her music; she has never before shared the whole story of her life. From her rocky relationship with her hippie parents and her days spent stripping to make ends meet to the truth behind her drug abuse and recovery, this is a riveting story, too crazy not to be true.
Beginning in the San Francisco counter-culture, maturing within the world of punk and grunge in the 80s and 90s, the book reveals an artist at the epicentre of alternative culture. Nothing is off limits, not her relationship with Billy Corgan and Trent Reznor, nor her engagement to Ed Norton, and for the first time her marriage to Kurt Cobain will be revealed as the tragic romance it really was. While she doesn't shy away from tales of excess, Courtney also goes deeper, offering unique insights into the modern rock culture she helped shape, creating an unforgettable portrait of an outspoken, creatively dangerous, undeniably entertaining artist and woman."