Ergebnis für "broken" in Coming of Age

Jeannette Walls's memoir The Glass Castle was "nothing short of spectacular" ( Entertainment Weekly). Now, in Half Broke Horses, she brings us the story of her grandmother, told in a first-person voice that is authentic, irresistible, and triumphant.

Ever since she was a child, Ivy has been gripped by visions of strange realms just beyond her own. But when her sister goes missing, Ivy discovers the truth is far worse - her hallucinations are real, and her sister is trapped in a parallel realm. And the one person who believes her is the dangerously attractive guy who's bound by an ancient legacy to betray her. Adrian might have turned his back on those who raised him, but that doesn't mean he can change his fate, no matter how strong a pull he feels toward Ivy.

Seine Texte sagen mehr als tausend Worte. Als Yva von einem Tag auf den anderen eine neue Wohnung in Stockholm finden muss, kommt das Apartment neben der WG ihres besten Freundes wie gerufen. Womit sie nicht gerechnet hat, sind die sanften Gitarrenklänge, die nachts durch die Wand dringen: Fenn, ihr wortkarger Nachbar, ist leidenschaftlicher Singer-Songwriter. Tief berührt lauscht Yva seiner Musik in der Dunkelheit, bis sie ein unerwartetes Post-it von Fenn an der Tür entdeckt. Sie antwortet - und mit jeder weiteren Nachricht schreiben sie Zeile für Zeile ihren gemeinsamen Song.

Dutch Cross is rich, powerful, and possessive. I gave him too much of me and now it’s too late to run. Yet it’s what I do. Far, far from the villain of the story. But the thing about villains is… They always drag you back to the dark. And when a secret that should have stayed buried rises from the grave, I have no choice but to join hands with the enemy.

Een invoelend geschreven, meeslepend verhaal over vriendschap, liefde en de verstrekkende gevolgen van gebeurtenissen in iemands jeugd. Femke Martens, de zus van Jelle uit Brokers' roman Leven met een leugen , lijkt alles mee te hebben: ze is jong, mooi, heeft een fijne baan waarvoor ze door heel Europa reist, en nooit gebrek aan aandacht van mannen. Huisje, boompje, beestje is aan haar niet besteed. Maar er is ook een keerzijde. Niemand kent de echte Femke of neemt de moeite om haar te leren kennen.

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They call me a player. A joker. The guy always down for a good time. But if they knew the secrets I’ve been keeping, they’d call me something else entirely. For the last two years, I’ve been buried in shame, numbing the pain with various vices. Drowning in self-hatred and concealing it with a smile. I had a system in place, a surety that no one would learn the truth. Then Sydney Carrington came waltzing back into my life.

ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF THE YEAR Vogue, O, The Oprah Magazine, Parade, Library Journal, Harper’s Bazaar and more “Profound and affecting.”—Chloe Benjamin “Broken People leads us through the winds of time and memory to offer a riveting portrait of transformation. I am...

Set in central Florida, Broken tells the story of Riley Barrie, a high school senior, living within the confines of her survivalist father’s chain-link fence. Riley battles both the effects war has had on her father, and the harassment of the bullies who plague her on the bus and at school

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Welcome to the Broken & Betrayed series! This is a trilogy series, starting off with Broken & Betrayed I: A Shocking Heartbreak. Listeners will be introduced to Julissa Elrod, the daughter of the honorable Reverend Kenneth Elrod. Julissa lives in a perfect Christian family and is proud of it. That's until she starts discovering some very odd things that are happening. And she begins to dig deeper to find answers, she wishes she could turn back time and erase what her eyes see and what her ears hear. It's a shocking heartbreak for a religious Christian girl like her.

Nick O'Hara is a veritable womanizer. The only qualifications that he looks for in a romantic connection is that the person is hot and breathing. Mainly hot. He has no desire for an emotional connection with another person, and that's the way he lives his life. He has his fabulous wealth and his reputation as a premiere architect, and that's enough for him. Until Scotty James.

A young girl does whatever’s necessary to take back her agency when she is sent to live with her controlling grandfather in this atmospheric novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Flowers in the Attic and the Landry series—now popular Lifetime movies. With her mother deceased...

Tess komt uit een welgestelde, maar weinig betrokken familie die net is verhuisd. Als ze op de eerste schooldag van het laatste jaar van de middelbare school Jay ontmoet, is er tussen hen direct een niet te negeren aantrekkingskracht. Jay kan binnen het gezin waarin hij is opgegroeid maar net het hoofd boven water houden. Tess is de eerste in zijn leven bij wie hij open durft te zijn.

A young girl trapped in a labyrinthine mansion may finally get the family she longs for when her estranged father reappears in her life in this new novel from the world of the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Flowers in the Attic and Landry series—now popular Lifetime movies. After...

After a brief reprieve and quiet birthday, Mia once more becomes the center of media attention. This time, it’s because the allegations against her attackers go public - before Mia and her team are ready. Thrust into intense public scrutiny again, Mia is faced with a new difficulty from the direction of her father, who follows through with his threats and forever alters the dynamics of her world.

After three years in Boston attending college, Mallory Wells has come home to Casper, Maine to care for her father, who is dying from cancer. She left Casper without looking back, leaving her small-town life and everyone in it, behind. Including her sexy high school sweetheart. Luke Bates was devastated when Mallory left him for the city life. He managed to pull himself together and move on, even if only just barely. When Mallory shows up in town, Luke vows to stay away from her at all costs.

"Go live with Nate Ryder," they said. "Everything will be fine," they said. Are they nuts? Nate Ryder has been the bane of my existence for the past five years. He's made it his personal mission to make my life a living hell and now my parents expect me to go and live with the guy for the foreseeable future. No thanks. I'd rather gouge out my eyes with a toothpick than live with him and his little brother, Jesse. Only problem is, they have my parents wrapped around their little fingers, thinking they're the good little boys they pretend to be.

This atmospheric and moving novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Flowers in the Attic and Landry series—now popular Lifetime movies—combines a forbidden romance with a family fortune and a young girl in peril. Caroline Bryer is the daughter of a very conservative TSA...

Mia realizes the aftermath of her rape is not over when she is rocked by another challenge, one that will put her publicly at odds with her father, a US senator who has made her the poster child for his re-election. But the public face he wants her to wear can’t be farther from who she is inside. The latest rape victim is expected to die soon, and only Mia can identify the attackers.