A Gorgeous Excitement by Cynthia Weiner Children's At once solidly researched and

At once solidly researched and passionately argued

and endearing parenting fails

He promises to make her his apprentice and teach her how to harness her mind and magic

as they do many others—offering a vision of a world filled equally with beauty and pain

She also explores the relationships she couldn’t save through cooking

A Gorgeous Excitement by Cynthia Weiner Children's At once solidly researched and"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