A Gorgeous Excitement - Cynthia Weiner - Crown Publishing Group (NY)

''The summer of 1986 in New York City starts off with a model's face getting slashed after rejecting her landlord's advances. It ends with a young woman's half naked body discovered in Central Park, murdered after a night of ''rough sex.'' Nina Jacobs is 18, working a series of boring temp jobs, trying to lose her virginity before she leaves for college at the end of the summer, while also trying to stay out of the way of her mother, who spends her days in bed or criticizing Nina, or often both. And developing a burgeoning cocaine habit. Could the magnetic IT boy from the bar they hang out at that caters to the Upper East Side private school rich kid set, be the one who can help her achieve both her goals this summer?''--

Product Specs:
EAN/ISBN: 9780593798867

Contributor: Cynthia Weiner

Call Number: PS3623.E432434

Dewey: 813.6

Category: Young women ; Coming of age ; Dating (Social customs) ; Women ; Crimes against ; New York (State) ; New York (City) ; City and town life ; Cocaine abuse ; Man-woman relationships ; Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) ; New York (N.Y.) ; Thrillers (Fiction) ; Novels

Harmonized Code: 4901.99.0075

Category: Topical | Coming of Age

Publish Date: 01/20/2026