Resultados para "Anna" en Coming of age

L'Oriol no comprèn per què la mare es va separar del pare i per què té un nòvio tan pesat. Tampoc no entén per què l'obliga a passar tot el mes de juliol a Sant Pol. Però durant aquest mes coneix l'Anna i, aleshores, moltes preguntes comencen a tenir resposta.

Il bel viso della bambina Giovanna si è trasformato, sta diventando quello di una brutta adolescente. Ma è proprio così? E in quale specchio bisogna guardare per ritrovarsi e salvarsi? La ricerca di un nuovo volto oscilla tra due Napoli consanguinee che però si temono e si detestano: la Napoli di sopra, che s'è attribuita una maschera fine, e quella di sotto, che si finge smodata, triviale. Giovanna oscilla tra alto e basso, in una città che pare non offrire né risposte né scampo.

Una estudiante regresa al barrio humilde en el que se crió para pasar un verano junto a su abuela enferma. Todo lo que ocurrirá durante ese largo agosto le cambiará para siempre.

Lucy tries so hard to be good. She was always a good student, tries to be a good friend, a good citizen, a good feminist, and now she wants a lover who will give her a good beating, preferably after tying her up. Dating swings from the sublime to the humiliating, but then Lucy hooks up with someone who challenges her to pursue the writing career she has been letting idle.

Katherine Adams never thought she'd end up in a small town in Texas, but when things start to go south, it's the perfect place to escape to. Emmett Santiago never imagined he'd fall so quickly, but one glance at Kate and he's a goner. Moving in with Katherine's aunt her junior year of high school is the safest choice for her sister, and Katherine plans to do everything she can to make Bluebonnet their home. That most definitely doesn't include flirting with a certain boy, no matter how charming his smile is. Katherine might not believe in love, but Emmett is determined to win her over.

W życiu przychodzi taki czas, że trzeba coś zrobić wbrew całemu światu. Odrzucić lęki i obawy, pogodzić się z poniesionymi porażkami i podążyć za głosem serca, aby realizować swoją pasję. Po prostu – zmienić teraźniejsze życie.

Nieśmiały Gabriel wychowuje się w starej łódzkiej kamienicy w dzielnicy, która nie cieszy się dobrą opinią. Przemoc domowa i strach przeplatają się z dziecięcymi pragnieniami i wielką miłością do matki. Ojciec jest jedynie oprawcą. Do czego doprowadzi uległość? Niniejsza powieść to przejmujący portret chłopca, którego doświadczyło życie. Jako dojrzały mężczyzna wspomina przeszłość, realizując dawne marzenia.

La douăzeci şi patru de ani, Mathilde şi-a abandonat studiile de master pentru o slujbă insipidă şi comodă, locuieşte cu chirie într-un apartament împreună cu două fete serioase şi plictisitoare, se împiedică în relaţii sentimentale pasagere şi îşi îneacă nefericirea în băutură. Totuşi, din ziua nefastă cînd pierde plicul cu cei 10.000 de euro destinaţi renovării locuinţei, viaţa ei îşi schimbă cursul, rezervîndu-i un şir de surprize, poate o iubire neaşteptată.

Stockholm håller bokstavligen på att koka över. Det är högsommar år 2018 och runtom i landet slås det inte bara värmerekord - folk verkar dessutom bli fullkomligt galna av hettan. På en soffa i Vasastan sitter den 59-åriga affärskvinnan Eva Söderberg med ett iskallt glas vin och får plötsligt syn på en spännande annons. Utan att riktigt veta hur det gått till har hon en stund senare anmält sig till en kurs i förlåtande och acceptans. När hon återvänder från kursgården utanför Flen kommer all onödig ilska att vara ett minne blott. Äntligen!

I början av 80-talet ger sig systrarna Karin och Maria äntligen ut på sin drömresa: en fyra månaders roadtrip i USA. Vid ett stopp i Minneapolis upptäcker de av en slump det lilla bokcaféet Books, Hope & Happiness, vars berättarkvällar lockar en hängiven publik. Det slutar med att systrarna återvänder flera kvällar i rad och efteråt kan de omöjligt sluta tänka på det underbara caféet.

Adrian Mole is an adult. At least that's what it says on his passport. But living at home, clinging to his threadbare cuddly rabbit 'Pinky', working as a paper pusher for the DoE and pining for the love of his life, Pandora, has proved to him that adulthood isn't quite what he expected.

1974. La Muna és una nena òrfena d’onze anys que treballa a Bombai i no pot oblidar la seva germana petita, de qui la van separar. La Sita té sis anys i, sense altres records que els dels orfenats de Nasik i Bombai, on ha crescut, somia tenir uns nous pares. En Solomon, un nen etíop de vuit anys, viu a Addis Abeba i descobreix que el seu món està canviant sense entendre per què. Les vides d’en Solomon, la Muna i la Sita coincidiran trenta anys després entre Addis Abeba, Mumbai i Barcelona, més enllà de destins i cultures, passats comuns i futurs imaginats.

They call me Zen-man, the cool-headed one, the protector. I keep an eye out for everyone, take them in, find them homes. They think I’m the calm and collected one, the self-assured one, the one who knows the way. They think they see me. They think they know me. But they’re all wrong, because inside I’m broken. I have a jagged hole in my soul I can’t fix, a festering blackness. I’ve been to the pits of hell, and nobody comes back unscathed. Life in foster care fucked me up, and now a thread is all that’s holding me together.

Adrian Mole is an adult. At least that's what it says on his passport. But living at home, clinging to his threadbare cuddly rabbit 'Pinky', working as a paper pusher for the DoE and pining for the love of his life, Pandora, has proved to him that adulthood isn't quite what he expected. Still, without the dilemmas of modern life what would an intellectual poet have to write about…