Raver Girl
eBook - ePub

Raver Girl

Coming of Age in the 90s

  1. 347 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Raver Girl

Coming of Age in the 90s

About this book

A PopSugar Best New Books of 2021 Selection

 Weed inspires her. Acid shows her another dimension. Ecstasy releases her. Nitrous fills her with bliss. Cocaine makes her fabulous. Mushrooms make everything magical. Special K numbs her. Crystal meth makes her mean. Sixteen-year-old Samantha, raver extraordinaire, puts the “high” in high school.

A ’90s time capsule buried inside a coming-of-age memoir set against the neon backdrop of the San Francisco Bay Area's rave scene, Raver Girl chronicles Samantha’s double life as she teeters between hedonism and sobriety, chaos and calm, all while sneaking under the radar of her entrepreneur father—a man who happened to drop acid with LSD impresario Owsley Stanley in the ’60s.

Samantha keeps a list of every rave she goes to—a total of 104 over four years. During that time, what started as trippy fun morphs into a self-destructive roller coaster ride. Samantha opens the doors of her mind, but she's left with traumas her acid-fried brain won't let her escape; and when meth becomes her drug of choice, things get progressively darker. Through euphoric highs and dangerous lows, Samantha discovers she’s someone who lives life to the fullest and learns best through alternative experience rather than mainstream ideals. She’s a creative whose mind is limitless, whose quirks are charms, whose passion is inspirational. She’s an independent woman whose inner strength is rooted in unwavering family ties. And if she can survive high school, she just might be okay.

Information

Publisher
She Writes Press
Year
2021
Topic
Social Sciences
eBook ISBN
9781647423087
Subtopic
Social Science Biographies
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Author’s Note
  6. 1. Paranoid Android, Side A
  7. 2. The Good Old Days
  8. 3. Freshwoman
  9. 4. Passin’ Me By
  10. 5. Door #1
  11. 6. Mind Melt
  12. 7. I Feel Love, Donna Summer Remix
  13. 8. Glitter Girl Next Door
  14. 9. Loved Up
  15. 10. Bad Vibes
  16. 11. Good Vibes
  17. 12. Creature of the Night
  18. 13. Freedom ‘96
  19. 14. Blow Me
  20. 15. Double Trouble
  21. 16. Rave Tip #1: Don’t Panic
  22. 17. Going Nutrageous
  23. 18. Thurzdaze
  24. 19. Very Important People
  25. 20. Reality Bites
  26. 21. The Color Club
  27. 22. Dancing Queen
  28. 23. Space Children
  29. 24. Paranoid Android, Side B
  30. 25. My So-Called Life
  31. 26. 24-Hour Party People
  32. 27. Sweet 17
  33. 28. Girl Talk
  34. 29. Supergirl
  35. 30. Too Cool for School
  36. 31. Buzz Kill
  37. 32. Sleep-Walker
  38. 33. Girl you Know it’s True
  39. 34. Frozen
  40. 35. Keep Pushin’
  41. 36. Da Bomb Squad
  42. 37. Breakdown
  43. 38. Spun Out
  44. 39. Happy Hardcore
  45. Epilogue. Sweet Child O’Mine
  46. The Color Club, EST. 1996
  47. Acknowledgments
  48. About the Author

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