Tinx tackles cancel culture, romance in debut novel "Hotter in the Hamptons"

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Tinx connected debut caller "Hotter successful the Hamptons"

Tinx trades TikTok for the Hamptons successful her caller novel, "Hotter successful the Hamptons" 05:29

Social media prima and bestselling writer Christina Najjar, known arsenic Tinx, is taking connected cancel culture, reinvention and unexpected romance successful her caller book, "Hotter successful the Hamptons," which was released connected Tuesday.

Najjar's debut caller follows Lola Fine, a New York City content creator who retreats to the Hamptons aft being canceled, lone to observe her summertime neighbour is simply a civilization professional who wrote a scathing exposé astir her. The 2 unexpectedly statesman a summertime fling arsenic Lola embarks connected a travel of self-discovery.

"I truly wanted my heroine to beryllium analyzable and layered, due to the fact that we're each analyzable and layered," Najjar told "CBS Mornings." "I wanted her to beryllium messy truthful that readers could spot themselves successful her, due to the fact that we're truly each imperfect. We're each works successful progress."

The Hamptons mounting was chosen for its luxury and melodramatic potential, Najjar said. 

"My followers cognize my obsession with affluent ma places. And it's shrouded successful mystery. It's luxurious. A batch of play goes down there," she said.

She adjacent incorporated existent locations to supply notation points for readers.  

The publication includes aspects of queer romance, which has drawn immoderate disapproval fixed Najjar's individuality arsenic a consecutive woman. Najjar said that she worked with a queer collaborator to guarantee authentic representation.

"I deliberation it's important to person a queer dependable successful the room, and that's wherefore I wanted to enactment with a queer collaborator," she said. "So we got that lived acquisition successful the publication and I deliberation we nailed it, and it was an unthinkable acquisition moving with her. I can't hold for radical to conscionable work it and signifier their ain opinions."

Analisa Novak

Analisa Novak is simply a contented shaper for CBS News and the Emmy Award-winning "CBS Mornings." Based successful Chicago, she specializes successful covering unrecorded events and exclusive interviews for the show. Analisa is simply a United States Army seasoned and holds a master's grade successful strategical connection from Quinnipiac University.

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