Nuncio and the Gypsy Girl in the Gilded Age is the 1900’s story of Neci Stans, a gypsy at the bottom of the social ladder but a force of nature, a woman whose passion and force of personality cause hope and change wherever she goes.
I always wanted to develop a story based on a strong woman who would follow her dreams and at the same time end up with the man who is the object of her affection. That’s not an easy thing, even today. Our culture resists strong women and puts them down. But this lowly but self -confident teenage gypsy girl knows who and what she wants.
Dayton’s Gypsy community has always been a mystery to me. They were much respected in Dayton before World War One because they were excellent horse breeders and trainers and they were church -goers as well. Dayton gypsies declared themselves ‘royal’ but nonetheless, people did not mingle with them. I finally figured out that World War one was the end for the gypsies. Their horse skills were no longer relevant. They were forced to leave or intermarry.
You could compare the Dayton of 1917 to the Silicon Valley of today. It was an incubator for new ideas and inventions. Nuncio and the Gypsy Girl is the story of America’s loss of innocence and our emergence into the world scene.
Intense, passionate, and thrilling—Nuncio is a romantic thriller series for anyone wanting a good read (or even perhaps a good television series). Come on this journey filled with drama and mystery. Nuncio is a romantic thriller based on the intense and passionate relationship between Ezra, a composer and the insightful and lustful gypsy girl Neci. This graphic novel series is narrated by the magical African Grey Parrot, Nuncio and takes place at the turn of the Century.
Neci, the young and willful gypsy, is willing to risk everything to fulfill her need to be with Ezra, the object of her affection. She feels a calling to protect Ezra from his love, Marlene, a beautiful pianist. We hear her mental wanderings and feel her pain as she struggles to make a place for herself in Ezra’s world. She feels no connection to girls her own age and Ezra struggles to resist her allure. This drama and romantic thriller is based on real people and real events that take place between 1912-1960. Ezra interacts with Orville Wright, Charles Kettering and Elbert Hubbard, celebrities from the day.
Neci, the young and willful gypsy, is willing to risk everything to fulfill her need to be with Ezra, the object of her affection. She feels a calling to protect Ezra from his love, Marlene, a beautiful pianist. We hear her mental wanderings and feel her pain as she struggles to make a place for herself in Ezra’s world. She feels no connection to girls her own age and Ezra struggles to resist her allure. This drama and romantic thriller is based on real people and real events that take place between 1912-1960. Ezra interacts with Orville Wright, Charles Kettering and Elbert Hubbard, celebrities from the day.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Author Kristin Kuhns Alexandre is a fifth generation Daytonian whose father, grandfather and uncle all worked for the family pipe fitting company. Like many young people in the Midwest, Kristin yearned to abandon her roots and move east.
Nuncio and the Gypsy Girl in the Gilded Age is the first in a series of three graphic novels. “Neci Stans is an upwardly mobile gypsy but her story is really my story as well,” the author explains. “My friends and I all yearned to move away to a more glamorous life. And many of us did that and discovered that Dayton is not so bad after all.”
Kristin worked as a publicist, news reporter and talk show host in New York City and is the author of two relationship books: “Find a Great Guy: Now and Forever” and “The Perfect Gentleman: the Secrets Rich Girls Use to Choose the Classiest Guys”. Kirkus Reviews gave this book a glowing review:
Neci and her story are being developed into a television pilot and you may also follow Kristin’s
Kristin resides in Delray Beach, Fla. with her husband, two children, two dogs and two cats.
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