Showing titles in Coming of Age

There is a love so fierce it cannot be measured. A heart so strong it will never slow. There is a promise so sure it can never lie. He promised me that love forever. Even when it wasn't enough. Forever. Everlasting. Eternal. There is no measure of time. No sounds of the ticking of a clock. Just the rising and falling of the sun and our own sense of forever. But our forever isn't always.

In a North Carolina mountain town filled with moonshine and rotten husbands, Sadie Blue is only the latest girl to face a dead-end future at the mercy of a dangerous drunk. She's been married to Roy Tupkin for 15 days, and she knows now that she should have listened to the folks who said he was trouble. But when a stranger sweeps in and knocks the world off-kilter for everyone in town, Sadie begins to think there might be more to life than being Roy's wife.

Courtly intrigue and rumors of invasion plunge Kingfountain into turmoil as the search for Trynne’s father begins in earnest. But Trynne’s quest to learn the truth of Owen’s sinister disappearance is sidetracked when tragedy strikes her family once again. Suddenly, the future of the kingdom rests in her hands as she struggles to learn - and control - the power that can keep the threatening Deep Fathoms at bay.

I'm stuck in the friend zone with the hottest guy I've ever known. Oh, and he's my best friend. Zach pushes me away the moment sparks fly, and sparks have been flying since the day we met. For some aggravating reason, he's intentionally keeping me at a distance. The way I see it, I have two options. I can leave town and make a fresh start, or I can show Zach how right we are for each other.

The cliche in love stories is that the good girl falls for the bad boy who smells of leather and exhaust from his motorcycle, and at the end of the day love conquers all. The stories make it seem so easy. Life, on the other hand, makes it hard. The awful truth is: sometimes love leaves you in ruins. Elias Black may have had a sleeve of tattoos and grown up on the wrong side of the tracks, but he didn't have a true bad bone in his body. I loved him from the moment he kissed me, when I knew I no longer owned my heart, until the world pulled us apart.

Your best friend. Your worst nightmare.... From the moment they met as children, Sasha knew that beautiful, wealthy, and confident Caitlin would always be her absolute best friend. Sasha would do anything to make Caitlin happy. Even keep her darkest secrets. The years have passed, but their friendship remains. And when Caitlin announces she’s getting married, there is only one choice for the role of bridesmaid. Sasha will make sure Caitlin’s wedding is as beautiful and perfect as she is. Won’t she?

Growing up together in the Surra section of central Kuwait, Katkout, Fahd, and Sadiq share neither ethnic origin nor religious denomination - only friendship and a rage against the unconscionable sectarian divide turning their lives into war-zone rubble. To lay bare the ugly truths, they form the protest group Fuada’s Kids. Their righteous transgressions have made them targets of both Sunni and Shi’a extremists. They’ve also elicited the concern of Fahd’s grandmother, Mama Hissa, who cautions them that should they anger God, the sky will surely fall.

In this eye-opening short story, a tech reporter’s mistake unites two women eight thousand miles apart. One in New Jersey, one in the Philippines. Same name: Sandra Guzman. Same job: content moderators for a mega social media website. What transpires between them is a friendship that changes their perceptions of each other’s privilege and challenges the power of the very industry they work for.

Living by my father's rules has never been easy. Who does he think he is anyway? Jase Steel has broken every rule he tries to make me live by. The last one though, that last D, ruined my virgin skin, my relationship with my father, and changed my whole life. No Decorating. I should have listened to him...but I didn't.

Inspired by true events, All Sorrows Can Be Borne is the story of Noriko Ito, a Japanese woman faced with unimaginable circumstances that force her to give up her son to save her husband. Set in Hiroshima, Osaka, and the badlands of eastern Montana and spanning the start of World War II to 1982, this breathtaking novel is told primarily in the voice of Noriko, a feisty aspiring actress who fails her audition to enter the Takarazuka Theater Academy.

Charles Dickens' classic novel David Copperfield is loosely based on the life of the author. It tells the story of David Copperfield’s life from childhood to adulthood with all of the hardships, changes, and good fortune that David encounters on his life journey. It focuses on the relationships he develops with a huge cast of characters who he meets as he travels from rags to riches and back again.

Jérôme et Alissa, cousins et adolescents, s'aiment d'un amour platonique. Ils se retrouvent régulièrement pendant leurs vacances dans une maison familiale, en Normandie. Le reste de l'année ils entretiennent leur amour par des échanges épistolaires compliqués. Jérôme et Alissa vivent un amour fait d’élan pur et de don mystique où le rêve et l’exaltation sont omniprésents. Cette relation s’épanouit dans une ferveur religieuse partagée. De fiançailles, il est question à plusieurs reprises sans jamais les concrétiser.

1941 - Amid the bombs falling over London’s East End, the residents of West India Dock Road endure wartime with courage, defiance and a good dose of humour. From nights spent sheltering together in the Underground station to sharing gossip, pastimes and meals, they lean on each other as their world is turned upside down.

In un attimo fatale, come il Lord Jim di Conrad, il giovane Billy Parham inaugura la sua storia. Siamo alle soglie della Seconda guerra mondiale, Billy e Boyd sono figli di un piccolo allevatore del New Mexico, autoritario e taciturno. Catturata una lupa che si sta accanendo sul bestiame della famiglia, Billy decide di non consegnarla al padre, che la ucciderebbe, ma di riportarla sulle montagne messicane per restituirla al suo mondo.

Med ett nytt coolt jobb på Linköpings trendigaste PR-byrå, och en ny bästis som bjuder på solsemester när man är lite ledsen, kommer nog Mia att klara sig ganska bra när dottern ger sig ut i världen efter studenten. När Mia dessutom blir inbjuden på klassåterträff känner hon att det äntligen är dags att visa att hon inte är så misslyckad som alla tror. Visst att hon blev gravid som 16-åring, inte har en gymnasieexamen, aldrig har haft en egen bostad, är evighetssingel och jobbar som receptionist. Vem bryr sig om detaljerna, de är till för att förskönas.

È la storia, allegra e toccante, di un bambino e del suo asinello coraggioso. E di una formidabile alleanza che permetterà di ricondurre al suo recinto un meraviglioso toro da combattimento e redimere un padre alla deriva. Ambientata in un Messico da favola, bonario e festevole, trafelato e pittoresco e, in fondo, anche un po' "italiano", in origine avrebbe dovuto servire da base per un episodio di It's All True, il grande progetto cinematografico interrotto di Orson Welles, e fu scritta da Fante in collaborazione con lo sceneggiatore Rudolph Borchert.

Dalla provincia francese di Angoulême alle strade tumultuose di Parigi si consuma il destino di Lucien Chardon, giovane poeta deciso a trasformare il proprio talento in gloria. Ma la capitale, scintillante e crudele, lo trascinerà in un mondo di seduzioni, intrighi e rivalità spietate, dove il successo ha un prezzo e le illusioni si pagano care. Accanto a lui, nell'ombra della provincia, David Séchard, tipografo onesto e idealista, lotta per perfezionare un'invenzione capace di cambiare il loro futuro.

Действие происходит в американских трущобах 1950-х годов — аромат жареного бекона, игра в лото, странные соседи и большие мечты о Голливуде. Все это — жизнь маленькой Дэйзи Фэй. Ее папа много фантазирует и еще больше пьет, а мама без конца обо всем переживает. Пытаясь осмыслить и запечатлеть этот забавный, нелепый, иногда печальный и, казалось бы, необъятный мир вокруг нее, Дейзи начинает вести дневник.

Ambientada nos anos 1960, A última canção, é uma cativante e devastadora história de amor e perda. Resgatada e renovada pelo filho de Lucinda Riley, Harry Whittaker, ela agora pode ser descoberta por novos leitores e ouvintes. Sorcha O’Donovan sonha com uma vida emocionante bem longe do litoral de West Cork, na Irlanda, o lugar onde cresceu. Quando conhece Con Daly, o belo músico do vilarejo, ela sabe que tudo está prestes a mudar.

Leonardo cresce nell'Italia degli anni Novanta, dove la televisione non è solo intrattenimento, ma una finestra su un mondo di possibilità. Dopo la perdita prematura della madre, trova conforto nei programmi TV, in particolare in Love Boat, che diventa il suo rifugio dalla solitudine e dalle delusioni quotidiane.