What a thrill it is to read Sarah Priscus' 70s rock California-dreaming Groupies. This
shimmering debut is packed with tenderness and awe against a backdrop of drugs sex rock stars
and high drama. Faun is a lovable believable and wonderfully drawn character who will remain
in my heart and mind for a very very long time. - Jessica Anya Blau author of Mary Jane In a
debut perfect for fans of Daisy Jones & The Six Mary Jane and The Final Revival of Opal & Nev
Sarah Priscus shines a bright light on the grungy yet glittery world of 1970s rock 'n' roll and
the women - the groupies - who unapologetically love too much in a world that doesn't love them
back. It's 1977 and Faun Novak is in love with rock 'n' roll. After her mother's death Faun
a naïve college dropout grabs her Polaroid and hops a Greyhound to Los Angeles. In the City of
Angels she reconnects with her charismatic childhood friend Josie now an up-and-coming model
and muse. To make their reunion even sweeter Josie is now dating Cal Holiday the frontman of
the superstar rock band Holiday Sun and Faun is positively mesmerized. Except it's not just
the band she can't get enough of. It's also the proud groupies who support them in myriad ways.
Among the groupies are: a doting high school girl at war with her mother a drug-dealing wife
and new mom who longs to be a star herself and a cynical mover-and-shaker with a soft spot for
Holiday Sun's bassist. Faun obsessively photographs every aspect of this dazzling new world
struggling to balance her artistic ambitions with the band's expectations. As her confidence
grows for the first time in her life her priorities shift. She becomes reckless with
friendship romance her ethics and her bank account. But just as everything is going great
and her boring old life is falling away Faun realizes just how blind she has been to the
darkest corners of this glamorous musical dreamland as the summer heats up and everything
spirals out of control . . . Equal parts an evocative coming-of-age and a cutting look at fame
desire and the media Groupies is a novel that will have you turning the pages until the
music- and drug-fueled end.
