Mickey

"[Chelsea Martin's] deceptively relaxed prose perfectly captures the Facebook-guzzling void that constitutes modern heartbreak. Fav."—Lena Dunham After breaking up with her boyfriend Mickey, a young woman struggles to situate her life and her art, and reach her estranged mother. Told in a series of vignettes, Mickey is one young woman's journey to figuring out life (or not) amidst drunken mistakes, Ina Garten fan art, reality TV marathons, bathroom sex, and the daydreamed titles of imaginary art installations. Chelsea Martin is the author of four books, including her small press bestseller, Even Though I Don't Miss You .

Mickey explores the same youthful idleness celebrated in Lena Dunham's hit HBO series Girls

Martin has published several successful novellas with indie presses, and is poised to break out into the mainstream

Martin is a frequent contributor to BuzzFeed Books, The Rumpus, Fanzine, Enclave, and elsewhere, and maintains a strong following on Facebook and Twitter