Ergebnis für "Success" in Coming of Age

When a young woman leaves her family to join a secret off-the-grid community headed by an enigmatic leader, she discovers that belonging comes with a deadly cost, in this “stunning debut,” (The New Yorker) “perfect for fans of Philip Roth’s American Pastoral and the film Martha Marcy May...

Dal cassetto del mio comodino sbuca un portafoto in plastica arancione pieno di fotografie brutte, ed è subito estate del 1990. C'è Claudia con la frangetta e un paio di occhiali da sole con lenti fumé, Gina un po' più magra e con i capelli bagnati sciolti sulle spalle, io con gli occhiali da vista e sottile come un orbettino. Lulù era già andata via. Mi ricordo gli anni dopo la sua fuga, quella strana assenza mista a sollievo. Non sapere dove fosse e cosa stesse facendo era inquietante, ma la vita senza di lei era diventata più semplice, almeno per noi.

Meandering out of teenage encounters into young adulthood beginnings had been a struggle—searching for answers after connecting with the past. It had been a measly two years since reconnecting with my birth mom, who I call Mami (sounds like “Mommy”). Time with Mami had been spent sharing memories of my childhood, from which she would complete my stories, which were memories—both good and traumatic. Mami then would take me to the locations where my recollections had occurred.

You Get What You Give tells the story of Casey, an aspiring music producer who hates his day job. Every day he leaves his dream of creating his own business behind as he clocks in at the office. One day, he rage-quits his job to start his studio but realizes he has no idea how to replace his income. After a disastrous start and quickly running out of his savings, he meets the music mentor who teaches him the strategies he needs to succeed.

Honora Blanche Favre has it all: beauty, brains, friends, family, and riches. Until one day life slaps her down. Hard. She becomes a pariah, a loser overnight; even her parents are ashamed of her. Napoleon Bonaparte’s revolutionary system of education, created more than 100 years before Honora was born, makes her into a failure at the tender age of 18. She is powerless to change it. The belle femme is exiled forever from the only thing she has ever worked for–her education and going to a prestigious university, as all her friends are doing.