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PARTY GIRL: A Novel
By Anna David
HC/HarperCollins
Publication Date: June 2007
Contact: Megan U. Beatie, 310-576-3051

While writing about celebrities for publications like People, US Weekly, the Los Angeles Times, and Vanity Fair, to name a few, journalist Anna David was a fixture at Hollywood’s hottest red carpet premieres and exclusive after-parties. But her sex, drugs, and rock and roll lifestyle as L.A.’s party girl threatened to destroy her. Now sober for six years, David offers a novel both hilarious and heartbreaking, based on her real-life experiences in celebrity journalism: PARTY GIRL. Amelia Stone is a staff writer for a celebrity weekly magazine called Absolutely Fabulous. Almost conquered by her hard partying ways, she makes the drastic decision to end her drug abuse. Finally sober, she gets the offer of a lifetime: to write her own column about her wild and crazy adventures on the Hollywood party scene. But her editor doesn’t know she’s cleaned up her act. Amelia is faced with the decision whether to save herself or her reputation as the ultimate party girl.

Full of juicy “bold type name” references and industry insider scoop, PARTY GIRL is a witty and razor-sharp send-up of celebrity and our culture’s obsession with Hollywood. And at its core, it’s an honest portrait of addiction and recovery, of redemption and second chances, and of having the courage to save your own life.

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