FROM THE New York Times bestselling author comes the relaunch of the wickedly funny, surprisingly touching story of a young Hollywood journalist whose party-girl life implodes and who discovers that getting sober is the most dramatic plot twist of all. For fans of Postcards from the Edge and Rachel's Holiday, Party Girl is a comic novel about addiction and recovery that's been credited with launching the "Quit Lit" genre.
Celebrity journalist Amelia Stone is the quintessential Hollywood party girl: she stays out late, rubs shoulders (and occasionally more) with celebrities and ingests copious amounts of cocaine.
But after losing her job, her friends and much of her mind, Amelia makes the drastic decision to end her drug abuse. Once sober, she's hired by a big-name magazine to write a column detailing her wild adventures and she starts seeing the man who could be her Mr. Right.
There's just one problem. Overnight, Amelia has become the new face of Hollywood nightlife, and her editors-who don't know she's come clean-want her to play the part. As the lure of her former fast-and-furious lifestyle begins to pull at her, she must decide whether to save herself or salvage her reputation as the ultimate party girl.