Ergebnis für "Lou" in Coming of Age

Sechs Monate hatten Louisa Clark und Will Traynor zusammen. Ein ganzes halbes Jahr. Und diese sechs Monate haben beide verändert. Lou ist nicht mehr das Mädchen aus der Kleinstadt, das Angst vor seinen eigenen Träumen hat. Aber sie führt auch nicht das unerschrockene Leben, das Will sich für sie gewünscht hat. Denn wie lebt man weiter, wenn man den Menschen verloren hat, den man am meisten liebt? Eine Welt ohne Will, das ist für Lou immer noch schwer zu ertragen.

A beautiful, tender yet searing debut novel about intergenerational fractures and coming of age, following a young woman who immigrates to the United States from the Philippines and finds herself adrift between familial expectations and her own burning desires Love Can't Feed You is a stunning...

Jesse Sienna doesn't believe that love can last. His parents' marriage was caring but passionless, and his own romantic history tells him that love can burn bright, but that it cannot burn for long. So when his elderly father, Mickey, moves in with him and seems unable to understand Jesse's no-strings-attached relationship with Marina, his current girlfriend, Jesse barely pays attention. It's just another example of how different they are - and more evidence that he and his father will never connect on any meaningful level.

In the early 1900s, Lena Harvey, a bright-minded farm girl, wants to graduate from high school. She hopes to attend nursing school or become a midwife. Having no interest in complicating her life with intimate relationships, she plans to focus her efforts toward her calling. But in a country where people believe they can grow up to become anything they want to be, her dream is crushed. Discover how Lena resolves to make the best of what has been thrown at her, hoping that she can make a difference in the world.

How much trouble can three small boys cause? It turns out, if their names are Joe, Matt, and Ralph, the answer is a whole lot, and guess what? Since From Gents' Pens, attorney turned author Joe Eliseon was once a boy, he has taken it upon himself to share his specialized knowledge of the subject with his burgeoning number of listeners in his latest work, The Reincarnation of Lou Gehrig. Drawing on his highly developed sense of humor, Eliseon once again creates a rollercoaster of a tale, including everything from the renowned Great Bible Smoke-Off to America's most iconic sport.

Gracie Howard, at eleven, tragically lost her parents, sister, and her hand. Older now, and on the cusp of winning a national ice cream contest, she still fights nightmares. Never has she known someone who truly understands her heartache—until she meets Kage. Tossed out the doors of a Greyhound bus in front of her grandfather's ice cream shop, Kage, nineteen and homeless, is working his way to Louisville to meet his sister for the first time. Outsiders aren't welcome in the tiny Kentucky town of Ridgewood, nor is Kage's interest in Gracie.