Resultados para "The Journey" en Coming of age

When 18-year-old Daniel Marlowe inherits a rare, signed first edition of John Steinbeck’s Travels with Charley, he doesn’t expect it to change his life. But alongside his loyal dog—also named Steinbeck—Daniel sets out on a cross-country adventure that mirrors the Nobel Prize–winning author’s iconic search for America.

When her entrepreneur husband dies in an accident, Michelle Preston Richardson, 48, finds herself childless and directionless. She yearns for the simpler days of her youth, before she followed her high school sweetheart down a road that led to limitless riches but little fulfillment, and jumps at a chance to reconnect with her past at a class reunion.

In the spring of 1957, Jacob Versteeg is graduating from high school at the top of his class. Quite an accomplishment for a guy who spent his young childhood in a German concentration camp. When the war ended, he was adopted by Huub Versteeg, a kind fellow POW at Bergen-Belsen who had taken him under his wing. For ten years Jacob grew up in Chicago surrounded by the love of his new family, including Danny and Anya McClain and their two young children. In fact, he has thrived.

A unique award-winning novel that combines side-splitting humor with the quest for enlightenment. Orthodontist Jacob Silverstein is not your typical tooth-straightener. He’s a novelist by night who dreams of becoming a best-selling author.

Twenty-year-old Abigail Turner has only known her mother, Claire - who died shortly after she was born - through letters, videos, postcards, and journals. Abby's father, Josh, has raised his precious daughter himself, but his overprotectiveness has become stifling. Abby longs to forge out on her own and see the world after a childhood trapped indoors: she suffers from bronchopulmonary dysplasia, which means a case of the sniffles can rapidly escalate into life-threatening pneumonia.

In The Quiet Gift: A Journey of Self-Worth and Resilience, co-authors Pamela Cass and Natalie Davis introduce Emily—a young woman who’s spent her life trying not to be seen. Silenced by dyslexia, shaped by self-doubt, and burdened by a quiet belief that she’s not enough, Emily’s world begins to shift when she receives a worn red journal filled with questions that speak to her soul.

In the first of an extraordinary series from bestseller S.J.A. Turney, the fate of Empire hangs in the balance… Istanbul, 1481: The once great city of Constantine, a strange mix of Christians, Turks and Jews, now forms the heart of the Ottoman empire. The conquest, still a recent memory, means...

An Army officer knocks on the door only a few days before Christmas-and a family's world quietly unravels. When Marshall Gatlin retreats to his dusty attic in search of solace, he stumbles upon an old notebook tucked inside a forgotten box. Written by his son Jake at the age of eleven, the letters inside are addressed to a deceased grandmother... but their words are very much alive.

Beneath the Mango Trees is a beautiful coming-of-age novel that transports readers to a small coastal village in Jamaica, where young Marley James lives under the warmth of her family's heritage and the wisdom of her beloved grandmother, Nana Liz. Every day, under the sprawling branches of an ancient mango tree, Marley hears tales of her family's past, deepening her connection to the land and culture that shaped them.

Growing up moving from place to place with two siblings and a single mom was hard enough for a young child. Throw in homeless shelters and bullies, and it becomes so much worse. Alexa was a seven-year-old who just wanted a normal life. She never dreamed that one fateful day, she would encounter a man that would change her life for the better. Now 18, Alexa has a run-in with that someone. Could he be The One? Filled with ups and downs, follow Alexa through her journey to finding the man of her dreams and getting everything she ever wanted.

Alice Montgomery goes missing in 2015. Seven years later, her best friend Hannah is bouncing from job to job, city to city, forever feeling the need to outrun something, but unsure what. With the niggling need to move nipping at her heels, Hannah decides to return home–a small coastal town in Western Australia–for the first time since she left, to help her mum after surgery and confront their fractured relationship.

Ten-year-old Luz sets out on an overnight camping trip, accompanied by her spiritual mentor. Peering through a canopy of California redwoods, Luz witnesses a council of animals confronting the menace of climate change. Led by a lustrous—and talkative—American Crow named Koro, the animals weigh their options. Some, like Koro, want to collaborate with humans. Others doubt humanity’s good intentions. The conversation compels young Luz, innately in tune with the natural world, to fight passionately in its defense.

Gifts in Brown Paper Packages (Gifts) is a coming-of-age story commencing the night New York City teenager Kyrie Graves impulsively flees the verbal and physical abuse prevalent in her childhood home to tackle life and adulthood with no plan except survival. The night that Kyrie decides to exit her bedroom window one final time changes the course of her life.

In his plebe year at the prestigious US Naval Academy, Nick’s world comes to a screeching halt. A sudden collapse lands him in the famous Walter Reed psych ward, where he must finally face the overwhelming grief and anger he feels about his father’s marital infidelity. In rehab, with the help of his therapist and mother, Nick slowly comes to terms with the cascade of secrets, loss, and trauma created by his own father’s many extramarital affairs.

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Feeling the pressure of inner-city life, and drawn by a strange calling, Elena Lees walks away from everything and keeps on walking. She unhooks in nature and her extraordinary adventure across Europe unfolds, upturning her world and her understanding of what it means to be alive.

Jamie Blackstone, at the tender age of 15, had a comfortable life provided by her loving mother. Living in a picturesque community of Gray Mountain, Montana, she was a happy young teen. In the blink of an eye, her life changed with the murder of her mother. Jamie was then transported to Richmond, Virginia, to live with an alcoholic father and a grandmother who despised her very existence.

Welcome to Avalon, the gate to other worlds. Here, King Arthur, Merlin, and the evil enchantress Morgana Le Fey were real. They’re ancient history now, but the seeds of our government are based upon what they left behind. The wizard’s council makes sure the nobles, guilds, and clans play nice. Supporting them are the realm knights, sorcerers, and sorceresses of the realm.

Jurnee is a recent college graduate struggling desperately to find a job as a teacher. Discouraged, she happens upon a chance opportunity to teach in a village in southern India. Overcoming anxiety, self-doubt, and cultural differences, she finds a home in her new surroundings. See India from her eyes as she narrowly escapes an arranged marriage, learns where cashews come from, encounters a king cobra snake, and finds love in the most unexpected of places.

A 2025 Audie Award winner for Best Fiction Narrator! "Kristin Hannah’s potent storytelling skills are brilliantly served by narrator Julia Whelan, whose limber, low-pitched voice moves nimbly from person to person, capturing personality and mood, her empathy palpable." —The Washington Post...