Showing results for "Grow" in Literary Fiction

A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick The beloved American classic about a young girl's coming-of-age at the turn of the twentieth century. From the moment she entered the world, Francie Nolan needed to be made of stern stuff, for growing up in the Williamsburg slums of Brooklyn, New York...

Fourteen engaging stories from one of India's master story-tellers Semi-autobiographical in nature, these stories span the period from the author's childhood to the present. We are introduced, in a series of beautifully imagined and crafted cameos, to the author's family, friends, and various...

Mannen som kallade sig Ray Lambert vaknade redan vid det första grå gryningsljuset. Han hade alltid vaknat tidigt, att han idag skulle döda en människa var inget som påverkade hans rutiner ... En man i Sydafrika köper ett vapen. En skyldig man lämnar landet. En statsminister i Sverige blir kallsinnigt mördad och en utdragen utredning där polisen famlar i blindo tar sin början.

"What Christmas is as We Grow Older" is a short Christmas-Story by Charles Dickens: Time was, with most of us, when Christmas Day encircling all our limited world like a magic ring, left nothing out for us to miss or seek; bound together all our home enjoyments, affections, and hopes; grouped everything and every one around the Christmas fire; and made the little picture shining in our bright young eyes, complete.