Books by Cathie Beck

The Award-Winning Debut

Cheap Cabernet: A Friendship

Cheap Cabernet: A Friendship bursts with uproarious wit, raw honesty, and heart-twisting moments of connection. It soared to No. 1 on Amazon Movers & Shakers, captured the Midwest Booksellers Association’s Best New Book, became a Target Stores Emerging Author Selection, and earned finalist nods for both the Women’s National Book Association Great Group Read and the Books for a Better Life Award. It also took 1st Place in Non-Fiction from the Denver Women’s Press Club and became a five-time Denver Post bestseller.

Amazon #1 Mover & Shaker
Five-time Denver Post Bestseller
Midwest Booksellers Association — Best New Book
Target Stores Emerging Author Selection
Books for a Better Life Award — Finalist

A wonderfully poignant memoir that will remind every woman to call her best friend right away.— Iris Rainer Dart, author of Beaches

Breezy, polished, and fun to read… an endearing tale of the best kind of love.— Foreword Reviews

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Hoodbitch: On the Near Eastside

Hoodbitch: On the Near Eastside is a raw, unflinching coming-of-age memoir that captures instability, grit, and resilience. Moving twelve times before age seventeen through the fractured homes of 1960s–70s Indianapolis, Beck reflects on class struggle, yearning, and resourcefulness with piercing honesty and electric prose.

Early praise

This is beautiful—and the best thing I’ve read all year.— Former Simon & Schuster editor

I finished weeping, overwhelmed by its brilliance and truth.— Acclaimed novelist and peer reviewer

Positioning & comparisons. Aligns with Leslie Jamison’s The Empathy Exams in emotional depth; resonates with Maggie Nelson’s The Argonauts in intellectual boldness; echoes the searing honesty of Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home.

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