Cynthia Weiner
A Gorgeous Excitement
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A Gorgeous Excitement by Cynthia Weiner
The summer of 1986 in New York City begins with a model’s face slashed after rejecting her landlord’s advances and ends with a young woman’s half-naked body found in Central Park—murdered after a night of “rough sex.”
Eighteen-year-old Nina Jacobs is stuck in a cycle of mind-numbing temp jobs, desperate to lose her virginity before heading to college, all while dodging her mother’s relentless criticism—or worse, her indifference from bed. As Nina dabbles in a growing cocaine habit, she finds herself drawn to the magnetic "It boy" from the bar where Upper East Side private school kids congregate. Could he be the one to help her check off both her summer goals?