Resultados para "Families" en Coming of age

Against the mythical dreamscape of America, Auster brilliantly weaves the bizarre narrative of Marco Stanley Fogg, an orphan searching for love, his father, and the key to the riddle of his origin and fate.

Two sisters. One secret. A journey to learn who they really are… The instant Irish number one bestseller! ‘I really, really loved it. I think it's her best book so far, written with maturity and great compassion. The characters are very relatable, Lou was my favourite … I enjoyed this book...

La paternidad, la infidelidad, la muerte, la incapacidad para comunicar los propios sentimientos, la irrupción súbita del amor, la fascinación por el otro, la arquitectura del deseo, el miedo a la felicidad, los temas centrales que hacen temblar las vidas de los protagonistas de estas excelentes nouvelles son, en realidad, los temas de cualquier vida, pero Barba tiene la maestría de resolverlos aquí con la extraña iluminación «intervenida» con la que se resuelven en la vida real.

Zwei Töchter, zwei Familien – ein unentrinnbares Schicksal Brooklyn, New York, 1928: Die Freundinnen Antonia und Sofia werden ins Mafia-Milieu hineingeboren, von klein auf sind sie unzertrennlich und doch könnten sie unterschiedlicher nicht sein. Sofia Colicchio ist ein Freigeist, ein wildes, ungezähmtes Wesen. Antonia Russo ist bedacht, beobachtet still die Welt um sich herum. Die Häuser der Freundinnen grenzen aneinander, ihre Väter sind Teil der »Familie«, die beider Welten untrennbar verbindet.

«Dos años antes de irse de casa, mi padre le dijo a mi madre que yo era muy fea». Así empieza esta novela extraordinaria sobre el descubrimiento de la mentira, el amor y el sexo, narrada por la inolvidable voz de Giovanna, una joven empeñada en conocer a su tía Vittoria, incomprensiblemente borrada de las conversaciones y álbumes de fotografías. Con ello desencadenará sin saberlo el desmoronamiento de su familia intelectual y burguesa, perfecta solo en apariencia.

Soy Maya Vidal, diecinueve años, sexo femenino, soltera, sin un enamorado, por falta de oportunidades y no por quisquillosa, nacida en Berkeley, California, pasaporte estadounidense, temporalmente refugiada en una isla al sur del mundo. Me pusieron Maya porque a mi Nini le atrae la India y a mis padres no se les ocurrió otro nombre, aunque tuvieron nueve meses para pensarlo.

The human “oddities” in the Museum of the Strange are less wondrous than the gawking rubes had been promised. But Alida is something else. The real thing. Traveling Depression-era America from carnival midways to speakeasies, Alida is resigned to an exploited and lonely life on the road as the museum’s golden ticket. Until she’s rescued by two compassionate strangers. Franklin and Loretta Fairchild see in Alida a gifted and uncannily well-read girl in need of a loving touch and a family. With the openhearted couple and their three precociously imaginative children, Alida finds it.

In this haunting short story of loyalty and betrayal, a young woman in early 1900s Massachusetts discovers that in navigating her treacherous coming-of-age, she must find her voice first. For fatefully observant Adeline, growing up carries an ominous warning from her adulterous mother: don’t say a word. Adeline vows to never speak again. But that’s not her only secret. After her mother takes a housekeeping job at a lighthouse off the tip of Cape Ann, a local woman vanishes. The key to the mystery lies with Adeline, the silent witness.

Había una vez, en un remoto sur español, un pueblo blanco llamado Arquía de la Millación. Allí vivían: el maestro, enamorado de una inalcanzable estrella de cine; Conchita, una prostituta que quería ser madre; Don Adolfo, un pianista que inventaba un pasado mejor para su hijo; Mónica Portugal, la folclórica que fascinaba con su voz? Pero Ocho años de silencio no es una novela sobre un pueblo andaluz, ni sobre los inolvidables personajes que lo habitan.

Upon the sudden deaths of their bird-obsessed parents, the three Shah siblings reunite. Aliza has spent years holding their crumbling family together, caring for their younger brother, Sammy. And Aden, named executor of the estate, finds himself resentfully facing the one member of the family who always got their parents’ undivided love: their famous Bollywood-bopping cockatoo, Coco. One reckless night, Aden opens Coco’s cage, letting her do what he did a decade ago—fly away from home.

When artist Dani Manchester learns she’s slowly losing her vision, she becomes unmoored. Her ex-husband died only months before, leaving Dani and her preteen daughter grief stricken. Suddenly, the life Dani built for her family on the Outer Banks feels like a painful reminder of all they’ve lost. On a whim, Dani sells her waterfront home and buys an old farm inland near the Virginia state line. But Dani’s daughter recoils at the sudden, drastic change. The Outer Banks’ sun-swept beaches, pink dawns, and savage storms are all she’s ever known.

Ogni mattina Kristi si sveglia in attesa dell’inaspettato. Non ha paura del cambiamento, anzi, la sua filosofia è abbracciare tutto ciò che la vita le dona. Ne è talmente convinta che prova a trasmettere il messaggio anche ai clienti del suo negozio. Ma non è stato sempre così. Quando Kristi era solo una ragazza, è rimasta incinta della figlia Iben e ha dovuto prendere le distanze dalla famiglia per costruirsi un futuro in città. Era sola e spaventata.

Great collection of original short stories and poems. Topics include magical garden, family cooking experiences and comedy about finding a job.

In the sun-bleached idyll of his Greek island home, seventeen-year-old Petros Castellanos’s future seems mapped out: he’ll inherit his father’s modest taxi fleet and continue his family tradition. However, his English mother sees a different path for her son, one that leads far from the watchful eyes of their small community. So Petros goes to London to stay with his mother’s cousin. The capital is an overwhelming city whose dazzling possibilities both terrify and enthral him.

Maddie Pace has a gift—an ability to glimpse a person’s past just by meeting their eyes. It’s a blessing that isolates her… and a curse that others would do anything to control. Her mother, Cynthia, will stop at nothing to keep Maddie safe. But when they’re torn apart, each is thrust into a world beyond comprehension—one imprisoned, one awakening in a realm between life and death. As years pass and powers grow, their bond becomes the only hope of reunion across worlds.

Beneath the Smile: A Story of Love, Lies, and Narcissism follows Ava, a loyal friend who watches helplessly as Maya, her vibrant and artistic chosen sister, falls under the spell of Devin, a charming but deeply manipulative narcissist. Through Ava’s eyes, we witness the subtle erosion of Maya’s spirit, the insidious isolation, and the devastating cost of unchecked emotional abuse. As Ava fights to hold on to Maya, the story becomes a chilling reminder of how easily love and trust can be weaponized.

Set in the bucolic town of Angie, Louisiana, The Lord’s Acre tells the story of Eli Woodbine, a young boy who watches helplessly as his fundamentalist parents give in to their increasing sense of desperation and paranoia, living in a world where they can no longer see any hope or reason for existing. When the family is at their absolute lowest, they come across a local, charismatic church leader, in whom they quickly place all of their faith. Yet this man—known to them only as “Father”—is unlike anyone they have ever encountered before.

Thirty-six of the most interesting writers in the Pacific Northwest came together for a week-long marathon of writing live on stage. The result? Hotel Angeline, a truly inventive novel that surprises at every turn of the page. Something is amiss at the Hotel Angeline, a rickety former mortuary perched atop Capitol Hill in rain-soaked Seattle. Fourteen-year-old Alexis Austin is fixing the plumbing, the tea, and all the problems of the world, it seems, in her landlady mother’s absence.

FACT: Unbeknownst to eleven-year-old Theresa "Tessie" Finley, she's in over her head. PROOF: After hearing a scream and catching a glimpse of a mysterious man carrying a body beneath the flickering streetlights in the cemetery behind her house, Tessie adds solving a murder case to her already quite full to-do list.

Raised in a privileged community of wealthy survivalists on an idyllic, self-sustaining Oregon ranch, Marlo has always been insulated. The outside world, which the ranchers call “the Disaster”, is a casualty of ravaging climate change, a troubled landscape on the brink of catastrophe. For as long as Marlo can remember, the unknown that lies beyond the borders of her utopia has been a curious obsession. But just as she plans her escape into the chaos of the real world, a charismatic new resident gives her a compelling reason to stay.