Showing results for "I" in Coming of Age

Letting go of her was not easy but winning her back was harder than anything I could have ever imagined'After nearly losing the love of his life to a terrible accident, Ronnie realizes how much he loves Adira and what an idiot he had been to hurt her...

Un collegio femminile in Svizzera, nell’Appenzell. Un’atmosfera di idillio e cattività. Arriva una "nuova": è bella, severa, perfetta, sembra che abbia già vissuto tutto. La protagonista – un’altra interna del collegio – si sente attratta da questa figura, che lascia intravedere qualcosa di quieto e terribile. E il terribile, a poco a poco, si scopre: è la terra di nessuno tra perfezione e follia. Lo stile limpido e nervoso, l’acutezza delle notazioni, l’intensità di questa storia fanno risuonare una corda segreta, quella che si nasconde nell’immaginario collegio da cui tutti siamo usciti.

Two students arrive in Edinburgh full of hopes and dreams...and secrets. Their relationship sends them down a path they never imagined. What if your dreams really could come true? Dao and Sunny both grow up in Bangkok, but that's where the similarities between the two end. Dao's family are...

Brought to you by Penguin. 'Gripping' Curtis Sittenfeld * 'Electrifying' Taylor Jenkins Reid * 'Remarkable' Kevin Kwan * 'Stunning' Sunday Times * 'Brilliant' Pandora Sykes In South Korea, where impossible beauty standards and ruthless social hierarchies dictate your every move, four women are...

Contains books one and two of the Richard Jackson Saga, a coming-of-age adventure series: The Beginning, book 1, and The School Days, book 2. Follow our young hero as he goes through life in the late 1950s, adventure after adventure, large and small. Starting in the summer before his freshman year, the story follows him through his high school life. He finds fame and fortune as an inventor, and wealth in Hollywood as he searches for a girlfriend (...wealth and fame prove far easier to obtain than girls).

Brought to you by Penguin. Narrated by BAFTA winning actress Joanna Scanlan. From the prize-winning author of Reasons to be Cheerful comes a story about the ebb and flow of female friendship over half a lifetime Susan and Norma have been best friends for years, at first thrust together by force...

A Richard and Judy Book Club pick, If I Let You Go is a darkly comic tale of searing loss, coercive control and the consequences of taking the wrong path. 'Simultaneously tragic and uplifting . . . Charlotte Levin is SUCH a clever writer' - Ruth Jones, author of Love Untold Every morning, Janet...

There's only one person who has ever truly understood fourteen-year-old June Elbus, and that's her uncle, the renowned painter, Finn Weiss. Shy at school and distant from her once inseparable older sister, June can only be herself in Finn's company; he is her godfather, confidant, and best...

Elisa Levi's That's All I Know explores the toll of caring for those who cannot care for themselves, the fear of the unknown that anchors people to unfulfilling lives, and the bravery it takes to stop deceiving oneself, to give in to longing.

Acclaimed author Jade Song (Chlorine) returns with her latest literary exploration: a lyrical, poignant, and heartfelt novel about the meaning of love, friendship, debt, depression, and death in New York City—a coming-of-age for a new generation, in the vein of Sally Rooney and Ottessa...

Vanessa, vent'anni, decide di scappare di casa per intraprendere un viaggio sulle tracce del tragitto migratorio di una farfalla che porta il suo stesso nome, la Vanessa del Cardo: è una farfalla speciale che attraversa l'Europa partendo dalla Norvegia per arrivare, infine, in Marocco. Vanessa ha il cuore colmo di dolore e la convinzione di non meritare un posto nel mondo. L'impossibilità di accettare quel lutto la spinge a partire, a fuggire da coloro che ama per evitare di contagiarli con la sua "sfortuna", alla ricerca di un senso nella propria esistenza.

Bloomsbury presents The Girl I Used To Know by Faith Hogan, read by Flora Montgomery. 'Another heart-warming read from Faith Hogan' Trisha Ashley. 'Heart-warming, poignant and uplifting' Lucy Coleman, author of Snowflakes Over Holly Cove. *** Two women. Two very different lives. One unexpected...

Pennello, Lollo, Puddu e Grifo, compagni di classe, sono quattro ragazzi come tanti, senza aspirazioni o interessi particolari, alla ricerca del minimo sforzo scolastico, del divertimento e, sia pure con risultati estremamente modesti, delle ragazze. Le vicende convergono, sul finire dell'anno scolastico, verso una spiaggia del litorale romano, dove i quattro ragazzi si ritrovano dopo l'esame di maturità.

Acclaimed author of CHLORINE, Jade Song, returns with her latest novel, a literary exploration of the Gen Z condition, I LOVE YOU DON'T DIE - a lyrical, poignant, and heartfelt novel about the meaning of love, friendship, debt, depression and death in New York City. Vicky has been obsessed with...

Two brothers, Alexander and Seb, are well-educated but hunger for adventure. Intrigued by some ancient maps and stories of old, the boys slip off on what begins as an innocent excursion from their home along the shores of a vast lake, Sempersee, to a nearby island. After finding a mysterious stone, their outing leads to a quest to discover the rightful owner of the Flame Stone, an ancient artifact that holds the power of goodness.

Readers LOVE I Love You, I Love You, I Love You 'The nostalgic book of my dreams' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I was crying along to their heartache and cheering along to their triumph' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Hilarious, heart-breaking and swoon-worthy' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ❤ ❤ ❤ It's the year 2000. Summer here...

New York Times bestselling author Hazel Gaynor has joined with Heather Webb to create this unforgettably romantic novel of the Great War. August 1914. England is at war. As Evie Elliott watches her brother, Will, and his best friend, Thomas Harding, depart for the front, she believes—as...

'Lively, funny, poignant . . . Prepare to fall in love with Maddie. I did!' BONNIE GARMUS, Sunday Times bestselling author of Lessons in Chemistry THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER PRE-ORDER JESSICA GEORGE'S NEW NOVEL, LOVE BY THE BOOK, NOW! Hilarious, honest and heartbreaking, MY NAME IS...

Brought to you by Penguin. 'Astonishing' Marian Keyes A luminous, life-affirming novel about a 12-year-old boy who is the sole survivor of a deadly plane crash One summer morning, a flight takes off from New York to Los Angeles. There are 192 passengers aboard: among them a young woman taking a...

Non è facile iniziare l'università in una grande città come Kyoto: le aspettative sociali e la scoperta di sé non sempre coincidono, e può capitare di sentirsi persi e soli. È proprio la ricerca di un posto sicuro che fa incontrare Nanamori e Mugito. Si sono conosciuti in un club per amanti dei peluche, un luogo dove sono custoditi più di trecento pupazzi, ma soprattutto dove chi ha bisogno di un supporto emotivo può parlare con il proprio animale di pezza senza temere il giudizio degli altri.