Showing results for "One on One" in Coming of Age

1943. Alice Fafard, vingt ans, étudie à l’École normale pour devenir enseignante. Elle suit avec un mélange de résignation et de désenchantement une voie déjà toute tracée. Son Brevet obtenu, elle cherche un poste dans une école de la région, en attendant de trouver un prétendant en cette époque où les hommes de son âge se font rares. Pourtant, derrière ses airs tranquilles se cache une grande passionnée de mathématiques, un domaine dans lequel elle excelle. Plus que tout, Alice veut vivre pleinement, goûter à la liberté au-delà des limites imposées aux femmes.

Twenty-year-old Jenny is struggling to make friends at university and moves in to Sunset Promenade to escape her problems. Her roommates are a little older than she was expecting - Sunset Promenade is a private nursing home, taking in students to save money. At first the new residents clash, but when Jenny introduces a movie night the group realise they have more in common than they think....

"Desertørerne" er fortællingen om 00’ernes nybrud og forandringer, om to unge mænd der begge er involverede i en magtfuld familievirksomhed. Den ene føres ind mod familiens inderste liv og væk fra opvækstens skygger, den anden føres væk fra familien og ind i krigens meningsløshed. Kappel Bruhn Company er en familieejet læder- og tekstilvirksomhed med eksplosiv vækst i mange lande i Europa og Asien. Mark er en ung jurist, som har brudt sin sociale arv. Hans baggrund er en voldelig opvækst i Vestjylland.

Haunting and Forbidden: A Dark Romance You Can't Escape. Do you want this? I've always hated Ash Springs more than anything. It's a tiny town in the Nevada desert, and all I've ever dreamed of is escaping to find excitement and adventure. During a camping trip to Sequoia National Park with my four brothers, I meet the mysterious Brendan. Little do I know, my life is about to take a dramatic turn—it turns out, this meeting isn't a chance encounter at all for Brendan. He has meticulously planned every step of my abduction.

Sixteen-year-old Olive Alexander has lived on a ranch in the Jornada del Muerto region of southern New Mexico her entire life. But when World War II begins, the government seizes her family’s land for the construction of a new, top secret Army post. While her mother remains behind, Olive is forced to live in nearby Alamogordo with her grandmother and find a place in a new school. When Jo Hawthorne crosses her path, Olive sees a chance for friendship—until she learns that Jo’s father is the Army sergeant who now occupies her beloved ranch.

Do you know who you are? Are you comfortable in your skin? Outed by her best friend in front of the whole neighborhood, Niya is trying to come to terms with being a lesbian. When she falls for her straight neighbor, Jamilla, there is no more denying who she really is. Niya will do whatever it takes to prove her love, even if it means taking a life. What will happen when family issues, fame, the struggle for love, and reality set in? How will Niya deal with a hip-hop career as she tries to repair her broken heart and family issues?

Hon är 43 år gammal. Och tillbaka på ruta ett.Hur hände det här?Julie hade allt. Ett stabilt äktenskap som varat i tjugo år. Två utflugna döttrar och ett nyinköpt hus vid kusten där hon och maken skulle skriva nästa kapitel i sitt gemensamma liv.Tills hennes man en kväll kommer hem och släpper bomben. Han har hittat en ny kvinna. Och i hemlighet startat en ny familj. Det blir ingen flytt till drömhuset.Förkrossad måste Julie bygga upp sitt liv på nytt. Hon spontanköper ett mossbelupet hus på en liten ö i South Carolina.

Ever since they were orphaned, Tyler has kept close tabs on his sister, Shannon. He has to, considering her weird and risky obsessions. Now she has a new one: an inexplicable crush on an odd-looking stranger. And what Shannon wants from her unwitting “honey boy,” Tyler can’t begin to fathom. Not until he follows his sister into the darkest corners of her desires.

„Hunga, miad & koid - Ein Hoch aufs Leben, Oida!“ ist der Blog von Katharina Domiter. Es geht um Geschichten aus dem Leben und Alltag einer Frau Anfang 30! Texte und Gedanken zu allem, was da so ist: Liebe, Lust, Probleme, Peinlichkeiten und das regelmäßige Ausbrechen aus der Komfortzone ... Überspitzt, selbstironisch & ungeschönt.