Central Places is a novel about a young woman on a return visit home to her Chinese immigrant family in midwestern America, where isolation is both a fact of life and a self-protective measure. It’s a story about the divide that exists in a first-generation family, but also between the...
Also, coming-of-age horror is not just a horror book with teen protagonists. My recommendations have a vibe. There’s a nostalgia about these books because they emphasize what it was really like to be young, carefree, unsure of who you are, falling in love for the first time, and still...
of course, her reminder of the famous line by Arendt about the banality of evil.) She knows a bit about our own troubled times and she knows some of what we might discover when we study the details of Bonhoeffer
Kids Books About Magic For Age 9 12 & Up - Magic Mystery Monsters - Exciting Coming of Age Adventure Story - Archibald Finch and the Lost Witches
Recognizing the significance of Viking/Norse culture to the Middle Ages in the British Isles, Katherine Langrish examines similarities and differences in the presentations of adolescence in four historical children's books by Henry Treece and two by Kevin Crossley-Holland, set at various points ...
Panel: "Books for Children - Coming of Age" Muse IndiaDas, Pramod Kumar
5. My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh Buy on Amazon Add to library Ottessa Moshfegh’s novel about a young woman’s desire to spend a year ‘hibernating’ is a very different kind of coming-of-age story. The nameless woman, a wealthy graduate living in pre-9/11 New...
D Ten years ago, many people thought that the age of paper books was coming to an end. The books were about to die out though they have been the friends of readers for hundreds of years. Soon, we' d all be reading on electronic screens an d laughing at the out-of-date places call...
She dreams about being hunted by one in particular, of him chasing her down and doing deliciously dark things to her willing body. She never could have guessed that by sending one drunken text, those dreams would become her new reality. I want things most people don’t, craving darkness ...
The Women is the story of one woman gone to war, but it shines a light on all women who put themselves in harm’s way and whose sacrifice and commitment to their country has too often been forgotten. A novel about deep friendships and bold patriotism, The Women is a richly drawn story...