SECOND EDITION/THE PG VERSION From the New York Times bestselling author comes the updated second edition of the novel that helped spark the Quit Lit movement. This PG-rated version delivers a slightly tamer take on addiction and recovery while still showing how unexpectedly hilarious a sober life can be. Celebrity journalist Amelia Stone is the quintessential Hollywood party girl. Her nights are long, her social circle fabulous and her self-destructive habits legendary. Cocaine, cocktails and chaos are simply part of the job. Until they aren’t. After losing her career, her friends and much of her grip on reality, Amelia makes the radical decision to get sober. What follows is a recovery journey she never saw coming. Newly sober and back on her feet, Amelia lands a job at a major magazine writing about Hollywood nightlife and begins dating the man who could finally be her Mr. Right. There’s just one catch. Her editors have no idea she’s sober and need her to continue living the fast, reckless life that attracted them to her in the first place. As temptation creeps back in and the pressure mounts, Amelia must choose between protecting her sobriety or preserving her image as Hollywood’s ultimate party girl. A sharp, darkly funny novel about addiction, recovery and reinvention, Party Girl offers a fresh, female-driven look at sobriety, identity and the surprising freedom of a life rebuilt. "With Party Girl, Anna David may have invented a new sub-genre: chick lit with a message." - The New York Post "Anna David deftly injects humor into a serious subject." - Library Journal "In a world where the red carpet often leads to rehab, this tale of self-destruction and reinvention is perfect for gossip-hungry readers." - Cosmo magazine "A mouthwatering read, especially for those out there who salivate over Page Six blind items. Studios sniffed around even before the book hit the shelves." - Los Angeles Confidential magazine "Funny, touching, and compulsively readable, Anna David's Party Girl skewers the myth of the sexy free spirit whose capers win over cocktail hours even as they chip away at her soul. Amelia's story may be sensational, but her predicament is common: The world doesn't always like it when women sober up, and there are many rewards to keep playing a role. But the real prize is winning yourself back." - Sarah Hepola, New York Times bestselling author of Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget " Party Girl has it all—action, heartbreak, redemption, humor and inspiration. If you have ever been a party girl, this book will hit home. This story showcases recovery and addiction in all its truth but with a side of humor; you will laugh out loud and want more! A must read!" - Erica Spiegelman, bestselling author of Rewired: A Bold New Approach to Recovery " Party Girl is a must-read, wild ride through the glittering world of Hollywood and its excesses. Gripping from start, it is both laugh out loud funny and achingly honest. With its irresistible heroine, Party Girl sets the standard for stories of addiction and recovery." - Lisa Smith, award-winning author of Girl Walks Out of a Bar " Party Girl is like Bret Easton Ellis in Technicolor; just as dark and real, but so much more fun to read. Anna David created a masterpiece; she authentically captures the false glow of celebrity and addiction in a way that no one has ever done before." - Dr. Josh Lichtman, psychiatrist and addiction medicine specialist "Imagine Bridget Jones with a by-line, bigger IQ, and substance abuse issues, and you've entered Party Girl territory. Anna David writes with a strain of relentless, self-deprecating genius that re-casts the worn-down hooves of Prada-wearing demons with spanking new kicks.... Party Girl is the kind of book it's impossible to read without stopping to repeat great lines to total strangers, who will then try and follow you home. The writing is at once laugh-out loud hysterical and Capote elegant....Every generation deserves an epic worthy of its own glam self-destruction and redemption. This time, Party Girl earns the crown. It's a fantastic, beautifully written, and authentic slice of a life that looked shiny on the outside. By the end, the reader is just praying Ms. David will get back in her chair and write After-Party ." -- Jerry Stahl, bestselling author of Permanent Midnight and I, Fatty "A smart, hilarious, and poignant page-turner that takes you past the velvet ropes and into the Hollywood party scene." - - Cindy Chupack, a writer/executive producer of Sex and the City and author of The Between Boyfriends Book "An inspirational story―a triumph over the red carpet, instant intimacy with celebs, and an open bar." -- Liz Smith, The New York Post "Let the prose paparazzo's flashbulbs explode on this stunning debut. Reality fiction never had it so good." -- Rachel Resnick, LA Times bestselling author of Go West, Young F*cked