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In this darkly funny memoir-in-essays, actress and singer-songwriter Lola Kirke unravels the complexities of her unconventional upbringing in a family of eccentric, often chaotic artists—and traces her unlikely journey from city life to country music.

“The only book I’ll read this year.” —Zoë Kravitz
“Lola is a wise, witty, and unsparing writer.” —Lena Dunham

As the youngest daughter of a rock star father and a fashion designer mother, Lola grew up alongside her siblings—actress Jemima Kirke and celebrity doula Domino Kirke—in a lively West Village brownstone where the guest list ranged from Cuban exiles to Courtney Love. But beneath the glamorous, bohemian exterior lay a home filled with disorder.

In Wild West Village, Kirke reflects on her search for identity amid the affairs, addictions, and dysfunction surrounding her, navigating everything from adolescence to acting, from Cadbury’s chocolate to country music. Through tales both humorous and heartfelt, she examines the challenges of growing up with larger-than-life personalities while secretly figuring out who she really is.

With sharp wit and keen insight, Wild West Village captures the humor and absurdity of life’s more turbulent moments. Equal parts irreverent and deeply personal, this is the story of a young woman straddling two worlds—one polished with British charm, the other imbued with an unexpected Southern twang—as she comes into her own.