Overview
- Louder reviews Even The Good Girls Will Cry, praising its frank, revealing portrait of the 1990s alternative-rock scene.
- Auf der Maur recounts joining Hole in 1994 after Billy Corgan recommended her to Courtney Love.
- The memoir opens on her first Hole show at Reading Festival before about 65,000 people, capturing the jolt from club stages to a global spotlight.
- It places her arrival in the band against the year’s twin losses of Kurt Cobain and Kristen Pfaff and notes her initial reluctance to enter a grieving lineup.
- The hybrid work blends rock memoir, travel diary, and scrapbook, features cameos from era figures like Madonna and Dave Grohl, and closes in 2001 after 9/11 with a focus on resilience and independence.