Resultados para "Ma" en Coming of age

Vous voulez plonger dans une comédie sentimentale déjantée à l'humour décapant ? Découvrez Le meilleur rôle de ma vie ! Ellie Lobster a 24 ans, un sens de la répartie incroyable, un don pour se mettre dans des situations inextricables et un rêve : quitter la ferme où elle vit avec une...

Maja, wrażliwa i spontaniczna, ale nieco zagubiona w życiu i własnych uczuciach studentka wydziału rzeźby przenosi się do stolicy na jeden semestr, by stać się częścią współczesnej artystycznej bohemy. Powieść opowiada o dwóch szalonych tygodniach z jej życia. Bezdomna modelka, fascynujący profesor rzeźby oraz młodzi ludzie, którzy przesiąkają nastrojami i klimatem Warszawy, zachłystują się nią i... tworzą. Ta książka to wyjątkowy obraz Warszawy oraz artystycznych studiów.

Martha Flyvholm Todes debut "På Bornholm må man græde overalt" er en intens og fortættet kortroman om en ung pige i sorg. Maria går på gymnasiet og har lige været udsat for det værst tænkelige, nemlig, at hendes stedfar Tore dør. Det værst tænkelige er en abstrakt størrelse at forholde sig til, især for Maria, der har svært ved at mærke noget som helst. I et forsøg på at få styr på sig selv, stykker hun verdenskort, minder og oplevelser sammen, så både hendes mor, hendes papbrødre, Tore, hendes kæreste i England og hun selv, kan rykke tættere sammen og skabe mening på ny.

Marietta Stelle longs to be a ballerina but, as Christmas draws nearer, her dancing days are numbered - she must marry and take up her place in society in the New Year. But, when a mysterious toymaker, Dr Drosselmeier, purchases a neighbouring townhouse, it heralds the arrival of magic and wonder in Marietta’s life. After Drosselmeier constructs an elaborate theatrical set for her final ballet performance on Christmas Eve, Marietta discovers it carries a magic all of its own - a magic darker than anyone could imagine. 

Shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award, the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award, the Saltire Scottish First Book of the Year and the Green Carnation Prize ‘More than just one of the best debuts of the year; one of the best books of the year. It should do for Aberdeen what Trainspotting...

Asta Fung is sixteen and sulky. Her parents have moved the whole family to take over the Yau Sum takeaway in another town so Grandpa Charlie can be closer to the big hospital. She's had to give up her dog, her friends, her familiar teenage life. All too soon, she has to give up Grandpa Charlie too. What was the point? When the builder's son, Josh, hands her a bundle of love letters he found under the floorboards, Asta realises they were hidden there by Grandpa Charlie as a young man.

Brought to you by Penguin. I used to have this line I saved and brought out for grant applications and writers festivals - that having been Jane Eyre, Anna Karenina and Esther Greenwood all my life, my writing was an opportunity for the reader to have to be me. Irreverent, witty and wise, But...