Showing titles in Coming of Age

London, 1942. Despite the raging war, spirited 18-year-old Nellie Morris lives a quiet life in the tight-knit East End community of Bethnal Green. Her family and friends all tease that she will marry air raid warden Billy, the boy next door who’s always been sweet on her. The arrival of Ray, a handsome American airman stationed nearby, causes Nellie to question everything she thought she knew about her future. Nellie’s newfound happiness is short-lived when a tragic accident occurs during an air raid.

Mickey Bloom: five-foot tall, dyslexic, and bullied at school. With a mostly absent and hostile father, Mickey feels she's no good at anything. Until she discovers running. Mickey's newfound talent makes her realize she's everything she thought she wasn't—powerful, strong, and special. But her success comes at a cost, and the relentless training and pressure to win leaves Mickey broken; her dream in tatters. Years later, when Mickey is working in a dead-end job, her mother becomes ill. While nursing her, Mickey realizes the only way she can overcome her grief—and find herself—is to run again.

Adella is facing the dawn of a new year and the end of her twenties - and she's in a psychiatric unit recovering from a mental breakdown. A decade earlier, her life held such promise; she had every option in her hand. How did it come to this? As we go back and walk with Adella through her twenties, she searches for her grand purpose through love, career and travel. At her side through the tumultuous highs and lows is her best friend, Jake, facing his own challenges and opportunities.

Growing up in the mill slums of Pittsburgh, Daniel Robinson was a punching bag for his drunken father, ignored by his mentally ill mother, and trapped in the grip of poverty. He’s finally freed from the torture of that home only to crash land in another hell when he’s abused by the pastor who takes him in. Daniel escapes once again, spending the next decade wandering homeless throughout the country during the turbulent 1960s.

Seit Kindertagen verbringen Jana und Leon die Woche zwischen Weihnachten und Neujahr mit ihren Familien auf einer Berghütte im Schnee. Von einem Jahr auf das nächste wird plötzlich mehr aus ihrer Freundschaft, viel mehr. Doch leider reichen selbst große Gefühle manchmal nicht, um langgehegte Pläne zu verwerfen und zusammen zu sein.

Chicago, 1999: Un año antes de que el mundo tal como lo conocíamos llegara a su ­fin. Odile: 23 años. Ex estudiante de arte. Enamorada de un hombre casado. Se dedica al vandalismo urbano. Trabaja en una empresa de ventas telefónicas. Jack: 25 años. Su esposa acaba de dejarlo. Está obsesionado con registrar los sonidos de la ciudad. Trabaja en la misma empresa de ventas telefónicas. Odile y Jack: Una historia de amor bajo la nieve. Un movimiento artístico que pretende cuestionar el arte contemporáneo (y que importa solo a sus dos fundadores)

The Unspoken Heart by Balbir Singh is a book about love in all its glory. The story revolves around Tanveer, a successful city lawyer with no time for romance. However, her whole life changes when she comes across an incredibly popular book recommended to her by her best friend.

It’s been several years since Kitty Cavanagh’s life was turned upside down when her family made the perilous journey across the Irish Sea to Blackburn and she became a widow. After facing near destitution she’s finally making enough to put food on the table and keep a roof over their heads. Until, that is, the day she is out rag collecting and finds a bag of coins – coins that turn out to be counterfeit – and Kitty soon finds herself caught up in a police investigation. If found guilty, Kitty could end up losing everything she’s worked so hard to protect.

Con el nombre de Leonardo a cuestas y una estética andrógina, la protagonista llega a Tijuana, estafada por un grupo de tratantes. Bautizada como Mónica y cobijada por Rosy, una especie de madre adoptiva, se siente plena y aprende los trucos del que será su mundo: un lugar lleno de traiciones, felicidad, euforia y adicciones. Un par de años después, Mónica pasará de la seguridad de los hoteles y posadas a la hostilidad de la calle y de la Jungla, el lugar más sórdido y desconocido de Tijuana...

"Keeping Secrets" continues Boone's story begun in "Pushing Back" and continued in "Matching Scars." Boone and Frankie are settling into their new life when Boone glimpses someone he thinks might be Jerry.

Before she could even speak, Paula felt like an outsider in her own family. Her mother's tears seemed misplaced, devoid of true sadness. Her father, silent and brooding, was her haven—when his anger didn't flare up. Her sister's perpetual rage was a mystery Paula could never solve. As she grew older and her alienation intensified, Paula became an observer rather than a rebel, distancing herself from her family's turbulent dynamics.

Podemos ser héroes es la amarga y voraz supervivencia del día a día, en la decadencia e incluso en la derrota. Los personajes de estos trece cuentos, jóvenes, marginales y rebeldes, deambulan por la convulsiva Lima de los años 80 con el rock subte a viva voz. Protagonizan historias aceleradas y enérgicas en escenarios de rechazo, vergüenza, culpa, entre desamores adolescentes y horrores políticos. Aquí se erige la construcción delirante de una época marcada por el desencanto.

Girl. Girl. Girl., como todas las historias de Ros Serra, tiene como base el feminismo. Ella misma asegura que esta historia nació de la rabia: "Me cabreé y pensé qué habría pasado si yo hubiera sido la niña perfecta que de repente se rebelaba contra el mundo. También pensé en qué pasaría si fuera la más revolucionaria del planeta. Entonces lo vomité todo".

Inspirada en la infancia de la autora, El cuerpo en que nací es la historia de una niña con un defecto de nacimiento en un ojo. Su vida, durante los años setenta, se ve influida por su escasa visión pero también por la ideología dominante en esa época: el matrimonio abierto de sus padres, las escuelas activas, las comunas híppies, la libertad sexual y su correlato. Las diferencias físicas y psicológicas que la distinguen hacen que la protagonista se identifique con los seres que viven al margen de las modas y de las convenciones sociales.

Robert Bryndza heeft deze novelle speciaal voor de kerstdagen geschreven, waarmee hij Coco Pinchard terug in de tijd laat gaan. Zodra we de voordeur door stapten, kreeg ik het benauwd. De centrale verwarming stond op de hoogste stand, er hing een sterke geur van meubelpoets en alles had een doffe glans. Mam leek klaar om de strijd met Kerstmis aan te gaan, gekleed in een dure, rode nylon blouse met enorme schoudervullingen, een strakke zwarte kokerrok en gevaarlijk hoge zwarte stiletto's aan haar voeten.

Directed by the skillful hand of Megan Follows (Directors Guild Award winner) and featuring the voices of Golden Globe® winner Sandra Oh, Emmy Award® Winner Catherine O’Hara, and Emmy Award® Winner Victor Garber, Anne Shirley’s (Emmy Award® winner Michela Luci) adventures come to life in a fresh adaptation of a timeless tale. Immerse yourself in the breathtaking beauty of Canada’s Prince Edward Island with the magic of an original score and immersive sound design.

Giovanna’s pretty face is changing, turning ugly, at least so her father thinks. Giovanna, he says, is looking more like her Aunt Vittoria every day. But can it be true? Is she really changing? Will she turn out like her despised Aunt Vittoria, a woman she hardly knows but whom her mother and father have spent their whole lives avoiding and deriding? There must be a mirror somewhere in which she can see herself as she truly is.

The lights dim at the Paris Opera House. The exquisite Christine Daae enraptures the audience with her mellifluous voice. Immediately, Raoul de Chagny falls deeply in love. But the legend of the disfigured opera ghost haunts the performance, and as Raoul begins his pursuit of Christine, he is pulled into the depths of the opera house, and into the depths of human emotions.

India Allwood grew up wanting to be an actor. Armed with a stack of index cards (for research/line memorization/make-shift confetti), she goes from awkward sixteen-year-old to Broadway ingenue to TV superhero. Her new movie is a prestige picture about adoption, but its spin is the same old tired story of tragedy. India is an adoptive mom in real life though. She wants everyone to know there’s more to her family than pain and regret. So she does something you should never do—she tells a journalist the truth: it’s a bad movie.

After losing her sister, Savanna Litchfield has been living half a life. When Savannah's therapist suggests joining a trip around the world for grieving teens she agrees to go clutching tightly to the unread journal her sister left behind. Seventeen-year-old Cael Woods is angry. One year after losing his older brother his life has spiraled. Once the most promising hockey player in the junior league, Cael can no longer step onto the ice. When his parents sign him up for a trip abroad no part of him wants to go. As Cael and Savannah embark on a journey they begin to find solace in each other.