Diary of a South Beach Party Girl

Gwen Cooper’s provocative, witty novel is the first no-holds-barred story of life in the sex, drugs, and social-climbing world of South Beach, America’s glossiest party townMiami’s South Beach serves as a backdrop for all things extravagant and glamorous. Celebrities party with drag queens, drug dealers, models, mobsters, and in-the-know locals amidst a landscape of exclusive nightclubs, after-hours parties, and a never-ending flow of drugs. But nobody has ever published a novel offering an insider's look at the debauchery and drama behind the SoBe scene—until now.In DIARY OF A SOUTH BEACH PARTY GIRL, Gwen Cooper, a fourth-generation Miami Beach native, chronicles the rises and falls of Rachel Baum, a sheltered, career-oriented girl who moves to South Beach from suburban Miami in pursuit of the life less ordinary. Ushered into South Beach’s exclusive party scene, Rachel rises to local celebrity status in a town where reputation is everything and the perfect floor-length, electric-yellow boa can launch the next phase in one’s upwardly mobile social life. She spends her days building a career and her nights building a reputation—but, in a town where friends become enemies faster than highs become hangovers, the life less ordinary turns into more than Rachel bargained for.Drawn into the decadence and excess of her new lifestyle while struggling to maintain her goals and ambitions, Rachel pursues endless nights of parties and a series of unsuccessful relationships—particularly her drug-fueled, on-again off-again relationship with the mysterious and self-destructive John Hood. In DIARY OF A SOUTH BEACH PARTY GIRL, Cooper portrays one girl’s frequently humorous and occasionally painful exploits among South Beach’s privileged Beautiful People. With tremendous wit and razor-sharp insight, Cooper captures the essence of America’s glossiest party town—from celebrity-studded, over-the-top VIP rooms to the seedy bathhouses and cocaine speakeasies to which those in power simply turn a blind eye.You can read an excerpt from Diary of a South Beach Party Girl here and pre-order it here and here . Read about Diary of a South Beach Party Girl in Page Six Diary of a South Beach Party Girl's official release date is May 1, 2007.Simon Spotlight Entertainment
Trade Paperback
May 2007; $14.95; 352 pages
ISBN-13: 978-1-4169-4089-0
ISBN-10: 1-4169-4089-8