Carlene Bauer’s debut novel, GIRLS THEY WRITE SONGS ABOUT, received a starred review from Kirkus. They praise: “With deftness and candor, Bauer tells a moving and thoughtful story of how desire and ambition change over time and how to make sense of the messiness of carving out a path and life of one’s own. A smart and beautifully rendered portrait of two women’s lives.” Farrar, Straus and Giroux will publish the novel on June 21, 2022.