Cum Laude, Cecily von Ziegesar
Cum Laude, Cecily von Ziegesar
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Cum Laude

Author: Cecily von Ziegesar

Narrator: Tara Sands

Unabridged: 7 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/01/2010

Categories: Fiction


Synopsis

They're here for a higher education . . .
and you won't believe how far they'll go.

Dexter College is a small liberal arts college in the quiet town of Home, Maine. But it won't stay quiet for long with this group of freshmen. There's Shipley -- blonde and beautiful, the object of envy and more than a little lust. Determined to assert herself and to shed her good-girl image, she buys cigarettes and condoms, because that's what every self-respecting college girl does. Her edgy roommate, Eliza, came to Dexter to get noticed, and she has the attitude and the mouth to prove it. Then there's Tom. Handsome, privileged, used to getting his own way, he's a jock-turned-artist who thinks his paintings will change the world. Sensitive Nick, Tom’s wake-and-bake pot-smoking roommate, wants to follow in the footsteps of his boarding-school hero. And then there are brother and sister Adam and Tragedy Gatz. The freckle-faced farm boy lives at home with his parents and his little sister, who does all she can to stop him from being a wuss.

As Shipley, Eliza, Tom, Nick, and Adam find out, that first year of college is more than credits and cramming. Between the lust and the love, the secrecy and the scandal, they'll all receive an unexpected education. It’s a time of shifting alliances, unrequited crushes, and coming of age. Find Yourself is Dexter's motto. And they are determined to do just that.

About Cecily von Ziegesar

Cecily von Ziegesar is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Gossip Girl novels, upon which the hit television show is based. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her family.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jennifer on August 11, 2022

This was uninspiring. I think this author relates to YA much better than adults because her YA series are entertaining. This was meh. Freshman arrive at Dexter college and we see them trying to navigate through the first few months. The problem is that none of them are particularly endearing and I d......more

Goodreads review by Mia on July 29, 2021

Okay first of all- screw you guys. Just because you don’t understand what the author was doing with the book doesn’t mean it’s bad. Are you guys all old? I’m a 20 year old college student. At a liberal arts college to be exact. It’s actually really f*cling accurate. She portrayed the emotions of sta......more

Goodreads review by Flannery on June 04, 2018

The ending? Was the author up against a deadline and just decided to finish it off in the most contrived way possible. I was hoping for a redemption story for at least one of the characters. Not so much.......more

Goodreads review by Tiffany on August 02, 2011

I have always been a big fan of the Gossip Girl series of books, so when I read a magazine review revealing Cecily von Ziegesar's so-called 'adult' fiction, I was excited. I went out and bought it immediately, and admittedly, it sat on the shelf for a bit. While I was able to devour this book in les......more

Goodreads review by Chloé on February 19, 2013

It was a good book for the price I payed!!!...which was 5 dollars :/ but I actually quite enjoyed the story line and the writing, although I was always looking for something more, you know? Like that moment in the story where you close your eyes, drop the book and say out loud so that everyone can h......more