The Girls Bathroom: The Must-Have Book for Messy, Wonderful Women

Product Information

Fabrizio Moretti, and Nick Valensi as well as various journalists and affiliates of the music industry.

The usual rock’n’roll staples – drugs, hedonism, nervous crackups – are here, but so too is the overlooked story of the cultural impact of 9/11, and the way it gave thousands of Manhattanites the sense of a common generational identity. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. In this fascinating and vibrant oral history, acclaimed journalist Lizzy Goodman charts New York’s explosive musical transformation in the early 2000s. Whether you're an avid reader in need of a refresher course or a novice who wouldn't know his Longfellow from his Dickens, The Great American Bathroom Book: Volume 1 provides nearly 120 comprehensive summaries and thought-provoking commentaries on the literary world's finest classics.

In this wildly entertaining oral history, Lizzy Goodman captures the glamour, excitement and sordid excess of New York's early-2000s, pre-gentrification rock scene. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Think of the bathroom book as a gift you give to everyone who enters the sanctum of your powder room. Turn to any page and you’ll land on a compelling story of foolhardiness, ill fortune, or just plain cosmic absurdity: poachers falling into 175-degree hot springs, hikers traipsing down Bright Angel Trail in flip-flops, foragers eating the wrong parsnip. It is a delightful and introspective look into social anxiety and the safe haven of escape that the space of a bathroom provides.

Her locations are often dangerous to photograph in, whether because of rotten floors, falling plaster or asbestos (requiring a respirator), so she never goes alone.Then 9/11/2001 plunged the country into a state of uncertainty and war—and a dozen New York City bands that had been honing their sound and style in relative obscurity suddenly became symbols of glamour for a young, web-savvy, forward-looking generation in need of an anthem. Where once the water ran freely over glistening porcelain, now these basins are clogged with dust and fallen plaster.