Ergebnis für "Childhood" in Belletristik

Blending fact and fiction, this trilogy by a very young Tolstoy centres on the inner life of Nikolai as he navigates the universal challenge of growing up. In relating his thoughts and feelings, his self-awareness and embarrassing mistakes, the work is timeless: regardless of era, location and environment, we are given an unvarnished portrait of one boy—both self-important and self-deprecating—as he tries to find his place in the world. The sense of nostalgia, with its strange blend of sadness and solace, is tangible as the years pass and the child becomes a young man.

Leo Tolstoy began his trilogy Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth in his early twenties. Although he would in his old age famously dismiss it as an ‘awkward mixture of fact and fiction’, generations of readers and listeners have not agreed, finding the series to be a charming and insightful portrait of inner growth against the background of a world limned with extraordinary clarity, grace and color.

After crossing oceans, a man and a boy arrive in a new land. Here they are each assigned a name and an age, and held in a camp in the desert while they learn Spanish, the language of their new country. As Simón and David they make their way to the relocation centre in the city of Novilla, where...

By the nationally bestselling author of The Burning Side One family. Four generations. A secret son. A devastating addiction. A Texas family is met with losses and surprises of inheritance, but they’re unable to shake the pull back toward each other in this family saga perfect for readers of...

Nach dem verheerenden Schul-Amoklauf, bei dem auch ihre beste Freundin getötet wurde, will Sina kein Abi mehr machen, einfach weg und nur vergessen. Selbst ihre enge Bindung zu Liam, ihr einziger Halt, gibt sie auf. Als sie Tom kennenlernt und sich verliebt, fühlt Sina sich wieder geborgen. Doch Toms Verhalten wird immer toxischer. Er kontrolliert und gaslightet sie, sodass absolute Wachsamkeit, um keinen falschen Schritt zu tun, zu ihrer Überlebensstrategie wird. Bis sie Liam nach Jahren wiedertrifft. Er macht ihr klar, dass Tom Gift für sie ist. Aber kann Liam sie noch so lesen wie früher?

In this, perhaps Dickens' most profound and personal novel, we are invited to share in the sentimental education of Pip, the poor boy from the village forge who risks losing himself in snobbery and selfishness when he mysteriously inherits a fortune. The story moves from the bleak Kentish marshes of Pip's childhood to a thrilling climax that mingles tragedy and triumph.

THE QUEEN OF LOVE STORIES IS BACK! ‘A warm, romantic summer read’ Woman&Home Melody has vowed never to fall in love again. Al is a hopeless romantic. So, when they quite literally bump into each other, there's no reason sparks should fly. But the world seems a little upside down lately. A...

The gripping and emotional novel from the million-copy bestselling author of PS, I Love You. She knows your secrets. Now discover hers… You’ve never met anyone like Alice. She sees the best in people. And the worst. She always seems to know exactly what everyone around her is feeling: a...

The unforgettable story of a young woman's odyssey through a series of Los Angeles foster homes on her journey to redemption. “Liquid poetry.” —Oprah Winfrey Astrid is the only child of a single mother, Ingrid, a brilliant, obsessed poet who wields her beauty to intimidate and manipulate...

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ADULTS AND ANIMALS 'Compulsive and hilarious, like a brilliant gossip with your best friend. Emma Jane Unsworth is my favourite' Sara Pascoe 'Her best yet – funny, gritty, delightfully feral and, as ever, painfully truthful' DOLLY ALDERTON ‘An...

National Bestseller Winner of the Chapters/Books in Canada First Novel Award and the Trillium Award, and shortlisted for The Giller Prize and the Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, Childhood is renowned and critically acclaimed author André Alexis' stunning first novel. Originally published in 1998...

Brought to you by Penguin. I had tried to be a good person and live a nice, normal life. It wasn’t working out. Why was I such a no-but-er? I would be a yes-ander!... And after that moment, I didn’t give another little f*ck what I did. Perdita Jungfrau thought she was going to be married to...

Come on in, the water’s fine! Autumn 2006. Low-rise jeans are in, grunge is out, and all Spencer Ward should be worrying about is his new job as Assistant Swim Coach at Richardson University. It’s been a decade since tragedy struck during his own college years, but Spencer is determined to...

Beach Rules: Do take long walks on the sand. Do put an umbrella in every cocktail. Do NOT run into your first love. On paper, Sam's life is on track. She has the perfect doctor fiancé, Jack (his strict routines are a good thing, really), a great job in Manhattan (unless they fire her), and is...

Sleigh bells ring. Snow is glistening. A body's in the trunk – did you kill him? Ella Chambers didn’t kill Liam Montgomery. If she had, she wouldn’t have done it outside his family’s mansion during their Christmas party. She wouldn’t have loaded his body into the trunk of her car. And...

After her mother is sentenced to life in a hilltop prison, Suzanna vows to return to the hill forever. An unexpectedly funny and deeply moving novel about the many ways we punish and return to each other. Suzanna Klein was a baby when her mother got up early one morning to rob a bank with a...

A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From #1 New York Times bestselling author Rainbow Rowell comes Slow Dance—her smartest, funniest, most powerful novel yet—narrated by Rebecca Lowman. “If you, like me, think thirty-somethings methodically working through their...

Discover the gorgeously uplifting, romantic read from BESTSELLER Lisa Hobman. Perfect for the fans of Mhairi McFarlane and Maxine Morrey Some things are worth the wait… Lily and Adam have been inseparable for as long as either of them can remember- well, since primary school. For years, being...

There was a little boy who came from a family of Thugs. In a remote town in the Scottish Highlands, a young boy with bright blue hair is growing up in a family to which he feels he doesn’t belong. His father, like all the men of his family, is an angry man who never talks about his feelings...

An utterly heartbreaking historical saga of love, loyalty and one orphan girl’s fight to belong from bestseller Chrissie Walsh. Perfect for fans of Dilly Court, Rosie Goodwin and Emma Hornby! Born in a gypsy caravan and left behind by a mother fleeing for her life, young Rosie knows only the...