JESSICA ANYA BLAU

 

ABOUT ME

Name: Jessica Anya Blau

Born: Boston, MA

Raised: Southern California

Current Residence:  Maryland

Dogs: Gumba (Deaceased), Mitzi (Deacesed), Fritzi (Deceased), Giussi (Lost), Moses (Relocated), Georgie (Deceased), Pippa (Alive, well and blind in one eye).



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“Recovered Judy Blume addicts, brace yourselves for a relapse: Jessica Anya Blau’s debut novel, set in Santa Barbara, California, during the summer of ’76, is a poignant, gleeful ode to the turbulence of growing up—and a delicious thrill if you crave return visits to adolescence . . . . Blau’s writing is frank, witty and occasionally hilarious; her account of Jamie’s experiences will evoke vivid recollections of first loves and teenage angst. The Summer of Naked Swim Parties has plenty of good period detail (one group-therapy session includes a hippie couple and their son, Tugboat), but it’s not a nostalgia piece. It’s a dead-on portrayal of the simple yet shocking revelations of youth: Friendship can be tenuous, sex is not contractual, and the importance of family trumps everything.”

-TIME OUT NEW YORK