Kategoria BISAC: Fiction >> Coming of Age

Stella Carrington, young and beautiful, feels that life is passing her by in the repressed Victorian household of her grandmother and spinster aunts. A casual flirtation shocks and horrifies the elderly ladies, and they summon Robert Crayfield, her godfather, who is an officer in the Indian Civil Service, to make suitable arrangements for her to be a missionary or governess. But, tantalized by her beauty and disregarding the difference in their ages, he offers to marry her instead, scandalizing the village. 

Stella, indifferent to romance, is most excited by the prospect of...

Set in the French countryside of George Sand's childhood and narrated in the unique voice of a Berrichon peasant, La Petite Fadette is a beloved 1848 novel about identical twin brothers and Fadette, the mysterious waif with whom they both fall in love. The brothers, Landry and Sylvinet, belong to a highly respected farm family. When young Landry meets Fadette, whose very name suggests that she is a witch, he is captivated by the girl despite her lowly status and disreputable family. Sylvinet soon follows suit. Fadette's relationship with the twins defies the patriarchal norms of...

He’s a hunky quarterback. She’s a talented artist. He’s sworn off girls. She’s fighting to protect her honor.

Brooding, high school quarterback, Train Everly, was on the fast track to play football at the University of South Carolina until one misstep at a party put his chances in jeopardy. Now in his senior year, he’s sworn off dates, no steady relationships and definitely no sex. The last girl he’d fallen for tore out his heart and stomped on it with stiletto heels. But a new school year brings new students and one girl in particular, Montana...

Arlen's twin sister was stolen by the fey just moments after her birth. He's spent his life learning all he can about them in preparation for searching for her. When he is sent to be an advisor to the king, it seems his plan must be put on hold -- until he realises that his missing sister might be the key to bringing peace to the kingdom.

Agata doesn't know she's part mortal. Raised by the queen of the fey, she despises mortals just as much as Titania does. When Agata accidentally encounters the twin she was separated from at birth, she discovers that everything she thought she knew...

By February 1937, Australia is crawling out of the Great Depression, but unforseen dangers lurk on the horizon. Young country man, Sebastian Carmichael, is trying to make ends meet in the tough inner suburbs of Melbourne, when he is joined by his bubbly sister, Lettie.

A chance encounter with passionate university student, William Reinecke and his beautiful girlfriend, Elaine, lead them into a Melbourne society ready to boil over with political tensions.

The events that follow could take them to the other side of a world hurtling unstoppably towards war.

After the heart-shattering ending of her first serious relationship, eighteen-year-old Sophie has sworn off love. Now that school is behind her, she plans to travel the world and form as few attachments as possible. The only exception: Lex, the artist on the other end of the Internet who chats to her almost every day. A guy she can never lose--since she doesn't actually have him to begin with.



Sophie's plan can start as soon as she's faked her way through her sister's wedding. Pretending to be happy and excited for the next week or two should be easy, right?...

Faking a relationship is never a good idea, but Andi's convinced it won't be fake for long. Everything will work out perfectly with Damien. Until Noah steps into the picture and confuses everything ...

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Andi's been in love with the boy next door for years. She's convinced Damien's the perfect guy for her. So it's probably not a good idea to pretend to be his girlfriend to help him snag the attention of someone else. But Andi knows it won't be for long. Soon enough, Damien will figure out he loves her too, and...

Paradigm Lost: Jamari Shaman is an adventure in future, post-apocalyptic Oregon. Jamari enters into the challenges and training regimen that will teach him to be a fully functional adult member of his tribal community. He learns how his village supports itself in a non-industrial society after the fall of civilization eighty years before. He takes a journey through the Oregon lands to the coastal areas to render and gather salt for his tribe. Along the way, he learns of the boundaries and expansion of tribal lands and also encounters other peoples who live outside the tribal influence,...

One of the leading cultural critics of his generation, Albert Murray was also the author of an extraordinary quartet of semi-autobiographical novels, vivid impressionistic portraits of black life in the Deep South in the 1920s and '30s and in prewar New York City. Train Whistle Guitar (1974) introduces Murray's recurring narrator and protagonist, Scooter, a "Southern jackrabbit raised in a briarpatch"...

"Sugar?" One question, one word, sweeps Toby Renfrew onto love's uncharted path when a hitchhiker named Carolina plants her skinny butt at the donut counter and orders up a jelly-filled.

Row up to the shore of the Great Lake Erie, step over the dead fish and enter the world of Toby Renfrew, future heiress reluctant to The Precinct Donut Emporium, home of the square donut with the amazing pink icing. The year is 1977. The Vietnam War is a fresh scar on America's wrist. John Travolta makes white double-knit dance. And 17-year-old Toby's hellishly dull life takes an...

"Quirky and intriguing" - Katie Fforde.

Love Sue Townsend, Fay Weldon? Then enjoy a wry smile with these satirical stories. They feature women of all ages, from Jess aged sixteen suffering a man with good legs, to Bellissima who has not faced her name, let alone her age. The obsessions include beauty, fertility and a range of fish. Women who want to date, mate, conceive or avoid children are here, as well as women with material or marital dilemmas. Their men reveal their own quirks on the sidelines (but they will have their say in 2017 when Curious Men is released).

The stories...

From journalist and author Sue Halpern comes a wry, observant look at contemporary life and its refugees. Halpern's novel is an unforgettable tale of family...the kind you come from and the kind you create.

People are drawn to libraries for all kinds of reasons. Most come for the books themselves, of course; some come to borrow companionship. For head librarian Kit, the public library in Riverton, New Hampshire, offers what she craves most: peace. Here, no one expects Kit to talk about the calamitous events that catapulted her out of what she thought was a settled, suburban life. She...

'Skylarking is a beautifully-written love letter to female friendship, full of the passion, envy and confusion of growing up and growing apart' -- Kate Riordan

'Strikingly real and deeply moving' -- Olga Lorenzo

'Lovingly drawn' --Thuy On, Sydney Morning Herald

'A beautifully written book' --AFR Magazine

' An] impressive debut novel' --Emily Bitto, author of the Stella Prize-winning The Strays

'An evocative yarn' --Australian Women's Weekly

'Brave, beautiful and richly...