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 girls 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. Its the summer in which she has her first serious boyfriend, Flip, who is three years older and comes with friends for Jamies friends; its the summer in which Jamies older sister is away at Outward Bound, leaving Jamie with her parents (and very often the house) to herself; its the summer in which Jamies parents throw naked swim parties, leaving Jamie cringing with embarrassment. And its the summer in which Jamie will be forced to confront love, loss, family, and heartbreak for the very first time.