¿Luchar por tu pasión o convertirte en esclava de tu propia ambición? Un testimonio feroz sobre la enfermedad, la fama y el verdadero precio de perseguir tus sueños. En estas crudas memorias, Lena Dunham se enfrenta a la pregunta que ha marcado su vida adulta: si el dolor es el precio que hay que pagar por cumplir tus sueños. Durante la última década, mientras su carrera ascendía de forma meteórica --desde la venta del piloto de Girls hasta las alfombras rojas, la Casa Blanca o los Globos de Oro--, Dunham fue testigo de cómo su cuerpo parecía derrumbarse. Hospitalizaciones interminables, diagnósticos inciertos, dependencia farmacológica y crisis personales acompañaron cada logro. Arrastrar su propio cuerpo, como quien remolca un coche averiado en mitad de la noche, se convirtió en la condición invisible de su éxito. Dividido en tres actos que recorren su ascenso y sus sombras, este libro indaga en el modo en que la vida profesional puede distorsionar las relaciones, aislar y amplificar las fragilidades. Cuando ni el reconocimiento ni los medicamentos logran anestesiar el sufrimiento, la pregunta por el sentido se vuelve ineludible. En Famesick, Dunham examina el coste de sus ambiciones y emprende el camino hacia un aprendizaje transformador que la lleva a aceptar lo que no puede cambiar, a reconciliarse con sus límites y a sustituir el arrepentimiento por una fortaleza capaz de sostenerla. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In this rowdy, frank reflection on illness, fame, sex, and everything in between, the remarkable mind behind the hit series Girls and the bestselling author of Not That Kind of Girl asks whether fulfilling her creative ambitions has been worth the pain. For the last decade, as she's spent countless hours in doctor's waiting rooms searching for diagnoses, treatments, and relief, being the owner and operator of Lena Dunham's body has felt, as she puts it, "like towing a wrecked car across town at midnight." It's not easy dragging a wrecked car anywhere, much less to the Met Gala while sewn into a gold lamé corset. Or to the set of the hit show that you--as a twenty-five-year-old--are writing, directing, producing, and starring in. Or to the White House, the Golden Globes, or your publicist's office to discuss the latest internet disaster. But Dunham does it--even if it means interminable hospital stays, vomiting in the bathroom when she's meant to be meeting Oprah, or terrifying those closest to her--because she can no longer tell the difference between fighting to do what she loves and being a servant to her own ambition. All the while, she is holding out for a love that can withstand her personal and public challenges and, more than anything, yearning to feel like herself again--if only she could remember who that self was. As Dunham takes us through her journey, tracking her rise to fame--from selling the pilot of Girls to the present--in three acts, it becomes clear that the spotlight casts long shadows, distorting the relationships she once held dear and isolating everyone in its glare. When an endless supply of drugs can't protect you from pain--and begins to control your every move--being famous doesn't stand a chance against the darker corners of the human experience. In Famesick, Dunham asks herself what the cost of fulfilling her dreams has really been, and whether it was worth it. What she finds is deeper than physical relief, and more lasting, as she learns to live with what she can't change and turn her regrets into wisdom that can carry her forward, as she reconnects to what, and who, she loves.