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Lena Dunham, creator of the HBO show 鈥淕irls,鈥� is releasing a memoir later this month that centers on such subjects as her childhood, time in college, and her rise to fame.

The book proposal for the work, titled 鈥淣ot That Kind Of Girl鈥� and which will hit bookstores on Sept. 30, leaked online in 2012 on the website Gawker.聽

The full proposal was taken down, but some quotes from the proposal remained in the original Gawker post. (In speaking about her book, Dunham told the , 鈥淚t felt like such a violation to put my unedited work out into the world. As a writer, there is nothing more violating. I would rather walk down the street naked 鈥� no surprise 鈥� than to have someone read my unedited work.鈥�

Dunham is the creator, star, executive producer, and writer for 鈥淕irls,鈥� which will air its fourth season in early 2015, according to .

She told the New York Times that the book was inspired by Helen Gurley Brown鈥檚 鈥淗aving It All,鈥� adding in the book itself that 鈥渄espite [Brown鈥檚] demented theories, which jibe not even a little bit with my own distinctly feminist upbringing, I appreciate the way Helen shares her own embarrassing, acne-ridden history in an attempt to say,聽Look, happiness and satisfaction can happen to anyone.鈥�

The book so far has received mostly positive reviews, with critic Michiko Kakutani calling it 鈥渟mart [and] funny.鈥�

鈥淭he sharp observation and distinctive voice she honed in 鈥楪irls,鈥� and in her 2010 movie, 鈥楾iny Furniture,鈥� are translated to the page,鈥� Kakutani wrote. 鈥淭he gifted Ms. Dunham not only writes with observant precision, but also brings a measure of perspective, nostalgia, and an older person鈥檚 sort of wisdom to her portrait of her (not all that much) younger self and her world鈥� she has written a book that鈥檚 as acute and heartfelt as it is funny.鈥�

And Alice Jones of wrote that it is "very funny, occasionally painful, and frequently inspires snorts of oh-no-she-didn鈥檛 disbelief...聽not every last detail of a life is worth retelling. At times, the relentless self-analysis becomes exhausting. Of course, no one recognises her self-obsession better than Dunham herself...聽there is tantalizingly little about the hit show which made her name."

However, Rachel Dry of the wrote that 鈥渢he book takes an advice tone in moments and then seems to forget that there was advice to dispense."

鈥淚 wondered if Dunham might use this essay collection to address the main criticism of her TV show, which is that the chronicle of the lives of four young women in New York reflects much too narrow a sliver of the world,鈥� she wrote. 鈥淏ut she doesn鈥檛, so the oblique references stand out even more鈥� Dunham tells her readers so much that it seems silly to hope for more. But because this very inviting voice has spilled intimacies on every page, I want her to keep talking. Just about something different, perhaps even more personal鈥� But by the end of the book, it seemed that the most intimate thing Dunham could actually talk about is her own ambition鈥� But she doesn鈥檛 explore that hunger for fame and attention.鈥�