Award-Winning Author Launches Memoir: Cheap Cabernet: A Friendship

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Cathie Beck Hosts Launch Party October 6

Denver-based author, Cathie Beck’s new, award-winning memoir, Cheap Cabernet: A Friendship, will publish on Tuesday, October 6, 2009. Cheap Cabernet: A Friendship — in a world-wide celebration of women, friendship, irreverence and joi-de-vivre — will launch with an unprecedented “Cheap Cabernet: Vino for Every Vixen ParTAY” at www.cathiebeck.com from 12:01 a.m., October 6, 2009, until 11:59 p.m.

Cheap Cabernet: A Friendship is available for sale at www.amazon.com on October 6, 2009 and is expected to reach Amazon.com Best Seller Status.

Cathie Beck is “The Wine Wench” columnist at KUVO 89.3 FM and for ColoradoBiz Magazine, and is the recipient of several awards, including the Scripps-Howard Award for Excellence in Journalism, winner of the University of Colorado’s Dean’s Grant Award for Writing, and multiple winner of the Louisiana Press Women’s and Denver Press Woman’s Writing Awards.

Visitors to www.cathiebeck.com will have the chance to win dozens of “Cheap Cabernet: Vino for Every Vixen ParTAY” gifts, including: gifts from best-selling author and renowned spiritual teacher, Dr. Wayne W. Dyer; author and speaker, Peggy McColl’s “The 21 Distinctions of Wealth” video and audio; and autographed signature Cheap Cabernet gear — including wine prizes and autographed copies of Cheap Cabernet: A Friendship.

“We’re very excited for the October 6 official launch,” says author, Cathie Beck. “We are hearing from book groups and women who love to read from all over the world. We knew Cheap Cabernet had gained momentum — what we didn’t see coming was the book publishing industry’s endorsements and the widespread love of the story.”

Endorsements to date include:

“Beyond wonderful — wickedly funny, poignant, and smart. Anyone who's a fan of Mary Karr or Annie Lamott will find Cathie Beck's Cheap Cabernet both laugh-out-loud hysterical — and heartbreaking."

-Best Selling Author, Elle Newmark, The Book of Unholy Mischief

“Cheap Cabernet is utterly seductive ... a page-turner ... impossible to put down. Not since "Thelma & Louise" have women and friendship been so beautifully and powerfully painted. This hilarious, heartbreaking memoir is a joyful and exhilarating ride for the reader."

-Sandi Gelles-Cole, Host of "Ask the Book Doctor" radio show and Founder, Gelles-Cole Literary Enterprises

“The book’s online launch party is about celebrating women — and especially women’s friendships — around the globe,” says Beck. “It’s about joy, raucous out-right fun — and, especially, it’s about never taking oneself too seriously. I do enjoy a good cab with my friends.”

Due to the anticipated expected attendance, www.cathiebeck.com, the launch party’s official site, is being upgraded and will be available for viewing September 10, 2009. Attendees should simply grab a cocktail or cup of tea and log on any time after 12:01 a.m., October 6, 2009.