Ergebnis für "Bitten" in Coming of Age

'I inhaled this novel. Utterly believable, immersive and heartfelt. I loved it' JENNIE GODFREY 'Wonderful. A masterpiece. I adored it' SOPHIE COUSENS 'A timeless tragedy, a story of the intricacies and illusions of true love' CHRIS WHITAKER 'I didn't want this book to end. 10/10' VOGUE WILLIAMS...

From the outside, I live a charmed life: hockey legend for a father, my own promising future in the league, a great family, awesome friends. It’s not untrue, but it’s not quite that simple either. My dad’s advice has always been to make hockey my number-one priority—at least until I make it to the pros. So going into my senior year of college, I have a plan. I’ll put in the effort required to pass my classes, play hockey like my life depends on it, and avoid relationships. All I have to do is stay focused on the end game. It should be easy.

A vibrant, bighearted coming-of-age story about a young woman caught between loving and leaving Oakland—the whiplash between trauma, dreams, and all the things that shape us below the surface. Anastasia Ān Xiá Huang is the third generation of her family to live in Oakland, but now, in her...

Translated by Marilyn Booth Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction 2023 Longlisted for the 2023 Dublin Literary Award An extraordinary novel from a Man Booker International Prize-winning author that follows one young Omani woman as she builds a life for herself in Britain and...

The thrilling sequel to Fresh Blood, this next chapter sees Dillon return to VAMPS Academy and become faced with rising hostility, dangerous rivalries and his heart torn between two vampires. A gripping blend of academic drama, vampire intrigue and romance – perfect for fans of Twilight, Crave...

A young book publicist finds herself in an all-consuming workplace affair with her literary idol in this “very impressive debut” (Chris Whitaker, New York Times bestselling author of All the Colors of the Dark). “Beautifully crafted, with aftershocks of conscience that will leave you...

Sprechen Menschen über Angst und Psychosen, dann oft mit angezogener Handbremse. Wer in dieser Gesellschaft mithalten will, redet nicht über seelische Krankheiten, schon gar nicht über die eigenen. "Schlage bitte weiter, Kämpferherz!" ist die autobiografische Geschichte eines Mannes, der mit schonungsloser Offenheit erzählt, wie er schon als Kind die seelischen Abgründe seiner Familie kennenlernen musste. Die Geschichte eines übergewichtigen Teenagers, der dem Mobbing seiner Mitschüler ausgesetzt war und sich irgendwann zur Wehr setzte.

'Fast-paced and enthralling' Sun 'A slick new series of romance and intrigue' Observer 'Everything you want from a vampire novel' United by Pop IN DARKNESS WE SHINE Welcome to VAMPS, an elite academy in the Swiss Alps for the children of the wealthiest and most powerful vampire families. Dillon...

When Alan Reece qualified as a veterinary surgeon at the dawn of the new millennium, he had a plan: save the world, one animal at a time. Of course, no plan survives contact with the enemy, and Alan soon discovers he has far more enemies than he was expecting – aside from vicious pets, difficult owners, surly farmers, and children from hell, he finds himself working with an unhinged and jealous surgeon who makes it his personal mission ruin Alan's life.

The lake in the middle of her father’s kitchen is only the first in a series of disasters in Zeina’s life. Nassar’s recent health crisis has seen his well-established community restaurant, Casablanca, losing ground and customers to trendier competition. Casablanca’s deterioration is not the only chaos in Zeina’s world but, unlike her husband who won’t speak to her, her best friend who is sliding towards self-destruction, and her cousin who is stealing Zeina’s life story for content, the restaurant is something she can fix. And Zeina, lonely and adrift, needs something she can fix.

1978. The year I turned 10 and the year my mama killed herself. She was 35, and dying is the last thing that should have been on her mind. After the death of her mother, Sylvia Butler's father, a man she knows only from an old photo, takes her from Louisville, Kentucky to Ozark, Alabama to live with his family. But his wife resents everything about this intruder. When the wife's younger brother Charles returns from Vietnam, Sylvia thinks she has found a friend and confidante, only to be hurt again, but this time, in a manner she never could have imagined.