The Summer of Naked Swim Parties - A Novel

"This book will make you laugh and cry in public." --Larry Doyle, author of I Love You, Beth Cooper Jessica Anya Blau''s passionate and poignant debut novel of one girl''s coming of age in 1970s southern California, replete with stoners, hippies, surfers, bitchy girlfriends, first love, first heartbreak, and OPI shorts Jamie Green will remember "the summer of naked swim parties" for the rest of her life. It''s the summer in which she has her first serious boyfriend, Flip, who is three years older and comes with friends for Jamie''s friends; it''s the summer in which Jamie''s older sister is away at Outward Bound, leaving Jamie with her parents (and very often the house) to herself; it''s the summer in which Jamie''s parents throw naked swim parties, leaving Jamie cringing with embarrassment. And it''s the summer in which Jamie will be forced to confront love, loss, family, and heartbreak for the very first time.

About the author

Jessica Anya Blau’s novels have been featured on The TODAY Show, Good Morning America, CNN, and NPR, and in Cosmo, Vanity Fair, Bust, Time Out, Oprah Summer Reads, Oprah Daily, and other national publications. Jessica’s books have been translated into many languages and have been optioned for film and television. Her short stories and essays have been published in numerous magazines, journals, and anthologies. Jessica sometimes works as a screenwriter, a ghost writer, and has taught writing at Johns Hopkins University, Goucher College, and The Fashion Institute of Technology. Jessica grew up in Southern California and now lives in New York City. 

Product details

• Authors: Jessica Anya Blau, Blau Jessica Anya
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.05.2008
• EAN: 9780061452024
• ISBN: 978-0-06-145202-4
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 25 mm
• Series: P.S.
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Women, FICTION: Historical / General, FICTION: Romance / Contemporary, DRAMA: American / General, DRAMA: Women Authors, FICTION: Romance / Historical / American, FICTION: Coming of Age, FICTION: Friendship, FICTION: Romance / Historical / Gilded Age