Hailed by critics as the debut of a major literary voice, The

Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing has dazzled and delighted

readers and topped bestseller lists nationwide. Generous-

hearted and wickedly insightful, The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing

maps the progress of Jane Rosenal as she sets out on a personal and

spirited expedition through the perilous terrain of sex, love, and relationships, and the treacherous waters of the workplace. With an unfor-gettable comic touch, Bank skillfully teases out issues of the heart,puts a new spin on the mating dance, and captures in perfect pitch

what it's like to be a young woman coming of age in America today.

"A funny, fresh Baedeker of the alternately con-

fusing and empowering state of being female in

late-twentieth-centuryAmerica."

-ELLE