Raver Girl

“Samantha Durbin is an exciting new voice. She shares an engaging,rave-fueled tribute to growing up in the ’90s, and the teenage angstwhich accompanies it.”
—Kat Odell, author of Unicorn Food and Day Drinking

“Can you get high from reading a book? You’ll swear Raver Girl islaced with something author Samantha Durbin snorted or swallowed as ateen in the ’90s rave scene when you dive into this mind-altering memoirwhere the details and dialogue feel vivid and authentic.”
—PopSugar

“Finally, a story from a young woman’s point of view on the ins and outsof drug, rave, and psychedelic culture—without falling into the trapsof stigma or stereotypes. Here’s the often untold story of teenageexperimentation, learning how and how not to use drugs for fun,connection, and self-exploration.”
—Michelle Janikian, author of Your Psilocybin Mushroom Companion

“Raver Girl takes you on a hedonistic roller coaster ride of teenangst and discovery whilst navigating you through the bastion of thelast major international youth culture explosion: rave. If you werethere, it’s a memory-inducing maelstrom; if you weren’t, you’re going towish you were …”
—Chelsea-Louise Berlin, OG raver, artist, and author of Rave Art

“High-energy prose shines bright in this stylish memoir. Raver Girl beaconsyou to the dance floor of infamous warehouse parties in the ’90s. Iloved this confessional—Durbin doesn’t hold back in a world of musicthat you must listen to and must read.”
—Michelle Zaffino, author of Librarian Detective

“Dust off your JNCOs and glowsticks! If you weren’t a Bay Area raverduring the ’90s, reading this book is the closest you’ll get. And if youwere at these parties, you probably forgot all the incredible detailsthat Durbin packed into this thrilling book. Crank up the bass and getready to relive some magic.”
—Liam O’Donoghue, host/producer of the podcast East Bay Yesterday

“Psychedelic, twisting, and never less than real, Raver Girl isa remarkable work of auto-documentary in which Durbin fearlesslyreconstructs the highs and lows of her singular adolescence at theepicenter of ’90s Bay Area rave culture. I read this book in oneravenous sitting, wholly under the influence of its addictive voice.Just when I thought I couldn’t be more engrossed, shocked, ortransported, I turned the page and found myself in yet another newworld. With vulnerability, compassion, and a wicked sense ofpossibility, Durbin has crafted a true-life bildungsroman that is a triplike none other.”
—Lisa Locascio, author of Open Me

“Durbin balances herportrait of the gritty scene of teen sex, drugs, and house music—beforehelicopter parents, iPhones, and YouTube cordoned following generationsinto danger-free zones—with the sweetness of a traditional coming-of-agestory. A wild ride.”
—Barbara Herman, author Scent and Subversion: Decoding a Century of Provocative Perfume

“A raucous memoir of teen life in the Bay Area during the 1990s, whenrave parties—and the various drugs that went with them—were all therage. In one flashback, the narrator’s father is mentioned as havingtaken LSD with Grateful Dead soundman Owsley Stanley, who was busted byfederal authorities at his house in Orinda in 1967.”
—Diablo Magazine

Samantha Durbin is a multifaceted writer from Oakland. Her writing has appeared in POPSUGAR, PureWow, Zagat, and The San Francisco Chronicle, among others. She lives in the Bay Area with her family and her Adidas collection.

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