Resultados para "A" en Coming of age

Evan never imagined anyone could notice him—let alone Dalton, the son of a wealthy hotel chain owner. While the two grew up together, they lived in different worlds. Evan, the son of a maid, did his homework in the supply room while Dalton lived a life of leisure. When their paths cross one fateful day, they find themselves drawn to each other as they navigate loss and inevitable change.

Burned out and working a postcollege job she hates, Allison Yang drops dead in her office—and wakes up three years in the past. Back at college. She has one chance for a redo at life: from switching majors and facing toxic friends to being fearless with her parents. And, perhaps, approaching the popular athlete she’d always loved from afar. Fingers crossed that this time will count.

Eric, a college freshman, joins his four dormmates for an afternoon in New York City—the first time he’s seen them outside their campus bubble. But feeling increasingly invisible among these new friends, Eric’s anxieties compound. As they roam the streets of New York, Eric begins to question if he’s even truly wanted there. Soon, though, the friends start to reveal pieces of themselves. Can Eric let go enough to show them who he really is?

Ellery, a freshman at a New England college far from her California home, feels every bit the outsider—until she meets Camp and Danny. Soon, they’re an inseparable trio. But as Ellery begins to question Camp and Danny’s relationship, she also must consider her feelings for them as they navigate friendship, first love, and what’s at risk.

Orphaned Elspeth Bremner longs to become a teacher, but her foster mother, Flora McDonald, decides that Elspeth must begin work when she turns fourteen. Wishing to improve her future prospects, she attends night school to learn shorthand, typing and book-keeping. Elspeth begins to date Kenneth Monteith, who is studying to become a doctor, and when Kenneth returns to Glasgow, Mattie also travels there to begin her teacher training, following Elspeth's dreams and now her man.

Life is hard enough for a teenage girl in 1950s suburbia without having a mother who may—or may not—be a witch. A single mother at that. Sure, she fits in with her starched dresses, string of pearls, and floral aprons. Then there are the hushed and mystical consultations with neighborhood women in distress. The unsavory, mysterious plants in the flower beds. The divined warning to steer clear of a boyfriend whose fate is certainly doomed.

Thiago, Pilar y Bruno cruzan el borde inestable que va de la adolescencia a la adultez entre un verano que quema y un invierno que aísla, con Buenos Aires de fondo como un laberinto que empiezan a descifrar. Marcado por la pérdida de su madre, Thiago busca hacer pie en un mundo del que se siente expulsado. Desde una universidad en Estados Unidos, Bruno trata de hallar un lenguaje que lo identifique en medio de una geografía y un idioma ajenos.

Esta es la crónica de Matías Kovac, un joven de dieciséis años abúlico y marginado que necesita salir de sí mismo. La forma de hacerlo parecen esconderla los diarios que Cristian, su hermano, le lega cuando huye a Barcelona. Kurt Cobain, Nick Cave, Suede y Patti Smith forman, así, una especie de texto sagrado que Matías se empeña en descifrar. Publicada en 2004 después de la crisis económica argentina, parte de la descomposición social y el pesimismo generalizado de la época para dibujar lo frágil de las estructuras familiares y la facilidad de romperlas para siempre.

The Saint of War spares the life of a servant girl so she can fulfill her destiny as the kingdom’s greatest warrior in this short story of love and loyalty by New York Times bestselling author Alix E. Harrow.

Una mujer que está de vuelta de todo y al borde de lo que falta. Ruth es una mujer que va a la ópera con amigas, toma clases de arte por Zoom, conversa con los hijos, mira a las nietas. Monologa acerca de las cosas que le gustan y las que no, dejando al desnudo la sabiduría que le regala la...

”Norske Sandra Lillebø romandebuterer med en bog, som balancerer mellem respekten for hendes psykisk syge mor og sit eget behov for at formulere og dele sin smertefulde erfaring.”– Information. Tingenes tilstand er et opgør med en psykisk syg mor. Den er et åbenlyst sorgarbejde og en...

Et fængende, sitrende drama ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Jyllands-Posten Om et ungt menneske, der snubler på vej ind i voksenlivet. Information Et voldsomt, velskrevet og vedkommende værk. Litteratursiden Talmagi holder livsleden i skak i Louise Juhl Dalsgaards subtile...

Ich wollte einfach nur den Geburtstag meiner besten Freundin feiern, aber dann hat sich mein Leben plötzlich vollkommen auf den Kopf gestellt. Die Einladung zum Geburtstag meiner besten Freundin konnte ich natürlich nicht ausschlagen. Auch wenn das hieß, dass ich dafür bis ans andere Ende des Landes reisen musste. Aber die Aussicht auf ein paar stressfreie Tage waren dann doch verlockender. Dass ich gleich am ersten Abend meinem absoluten Traummann über den Weg laufe und mit ihm in seinem Hotelzimmer lande, darf ich eigentlich keinem verraten.

A morte em Veneza, publicada em 1912, é uma das mais reconhecidas obras de Thomas Mann. Na versão em audiolivro, Guilherme Weber conduz os leitores pelos canais dessa novela misteriosa, onde amor e morte se encontram. Gustav von Aschenbach é um reconhecido e diligente escritor de meia idade, que dedicou toda a sua existência à sua obra. Fatigado, ele parte em viagem para Veneza, onde, certo dia, se depara com Tadzio, um adolescente polonês hospedado no mesmo hotel.

Does love solve all? Shiekh Rameez Molamid doesn’t believe in love. He only cares about looking out for his interests, and after winning Muharraq Island from the Khalidzack brothers in the wedding bet, he’s certainly proven that he can trust his instincts. But when a feud threatens to tear his family apart, he has to do what he can to make peace for the sake of his elderly mother. Wynifred Fellows, author of the upcoming book Love Solves All, is brought in to heal the rift within the family. The last thing she expects is to feel a spark of mutual attraction for the handsome bachelor Rameez.

Born into tragedy but gifted with a powerful connection to the natural world, a resilient young woman comes of age amid the wild beauty of early-1800s Alabama, Arkansas, and Texas in this incandescent, hauntingly moving epic about home, horses, human connection, and the transcendent awe of...

Mara Brock Akil, the award-winning creator of Girlfriends, Being Mary Jane, Love Is, and Forever, pens an emotionally enthralling debut novel about enduring love, world-shattering secrets, and self-awakening. What happens when one knock at your door sends your entire world into chaos? When a...

For readers of David Nicholls and Sally Rooney comes a new love story that's at once tender and electrifying—told by everyone but the main characters. When Clara and Seb first cross paths in a London square, it’s the start of something exciting. Clara, an aspiring director stuck in an...

THE NUMBER 1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'Uproarious and affecting… Lost & Found could be ginormous' Independent 'Hilarious and devastating' Matt Haig, author of The Humans Millie Bird is a seven-year-old girl who always wears red wellington boots to match her red, curly hair. But one day...

Getting dumped was rough. Losing the baby? Heartbreaking. Now I'm thirty-six, single, and stuck in a body I barely recognize. Clara says I need fresh air and a fling. I wasn't expecting the fresh air to come with a stolen cat… Or him. Brayden Foss. My sweet, quiet neighbor. Freshly eighteen. My landlord's son. Totally off-limits. But he's not a boy. He cooks for me, looks at me like I'm everything, and shows up when no one else does. Even when I push him away. It was never supposed to be more than a spark. But this thing between us? It's real. It's wild. It's ours.