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The Summer of Naked Swim Parties | Jessica Anya Blau

I have to pick Jessica Anya Blau's portrayals of 1970s and 80s California for #CaliforniaLove. They are some of my favorite under-the-radar books. (I think I've mentioned that here before 😉😉) Definitely worth checking out!

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Megabooks Also I love this 90s song and video. 8y

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The Wonder Bread Summer

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Drinking Closer to Home: A Novel

CocoReads I've read naked swim parties. I enjoyed it--need to read the others. 8y

Megabooks @CocoReads They're all good! That was my first too. 😃 8y

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HardcoverHarlot

The Summer of Naked Swim Parties | Jessica Anya Blau

so-so

What a strange book. I liked the mellow summer vibes, and there were some cool parts to the story (shout out to the nudist stoner parents), but there were also some wtf moments.

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HardcoverHarlot

The Summer of Naked Swim Parties | Jessica Anya Blau

Since I managed to finish my book last night, I thought that starting a book with summer in the title was a good idea on this ice storm day. Fake it til ya make it works for weather, right??

Nebklvr I hope so! 8y

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The Summer of Naked Swim Parties | Jessica Anya Blau

Blau is probably my favorite writer of #dysfunctionalfamilies! Most of her books are crazy families in Southern California in the 1970s. Her novels are hilarious and spot on! #photoadaynov16

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Drinking Closer to Home: A Novel

RealLifeReading I've never read her books but am intrigued now! 8y

Leelee.reads How funny- her dad must be Sheridan Blau? He was my prof one semester and told a story about reading his daughter's work. It was about a writer who wandered around the house for a week in a bathrobe, refusing to speak a word until his writer's block left. After reading, Sheridan Blau criticized his daughter's story as unrealistic. She replied, "Dad, it's a true story! You did that!!" ? 8y

Megabooks @RealLifeReading I really have enjoyed them! @Leelee.reads I'm not sure, but that definitely sounds true!! 8y

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