Coming Of Age category: 7169 books

Why are some people more resilient than others to emotional trauma? Family life makes a difference, but what other factors influence recovery? Do genetics play into emotional survival? Does birth order? How does a historical period a person comes of age in make a difference? What kinds therapies—formal...

Eighteen. High school. The best and worst years of your life. Angst coming from not knowing what you’ll get and how you’re going to survive four long years. And freedom is so close! You’re done with the institutional education prison and ready to be free to live life without a worry…...

Coming out gay and declaring your sexuality is an emotional and stressful transition for the individual and for their family and friends. In this collection of stories set in Australia between the 1960s and the present, Australian-based authour George Gilmour follows the lives of six individuals as they search for both personal and social acceptance.

Finding Shamoo is about a man who dies, goes to heaven, and sets out to find his dog, an Australian Shepherd named Shamoo.It is, in short, about death, dogs, and redemption.However, women, too, play an extremely important role – Chelsea, Carol, Penny and Heather – the four great loves – and...

A wise and witty novel about the challenges to identity that arise in both adolescence and middle age—and the student and therapist who just may have the power to save each other. Malcolm Dowd is almost positive he recognizes the freshman who shows up for a session at his office in Baxter...

Megan and Josh are on a two-week vacation in Florida from Atlanta. Coming back from a day trip exploring the antique shops in Arcadia, a cow on the road puts them in a ditch on a rural back road. A miscommunication over cell phones has them stranded. They find their way to a farmhouse and an old woman...

In an age of NSA spying and unprecedented government oversight, young Alan Stewart wants nothing to do with change-that is until he is arrested for a crime he didn’t commit, and forced to face reality. Consumerism, passivity, apathy and distraction. The internet is no place to attempt changing...

All Samuel Brennan wants is to return home from university, help his brother, Casey, make their once- profitable farm rich again, and tell his childhood friend, Kathleen, how much he loves her. Despite Sams good intentions, his dreams are about to turn into nightmares. Secrets, long buried...

Sixteen-year-old Rasheed is smart, tough and a survivor. In his neighborhood, he has to be. The streets are run by a gang called the E Street Locals, and they've been trying to jump him in since he was a child. So far, he's managed to escape their clutches. But the gang is not his only problem. Rasheed's...

This is what it’s like to be a high-school-age girl. To forsake the boyfriend you once adored. To meet the love of your life, who just happens to be your teacher. To discover for the first time the power of your body and mind. This is what it’s like to be a college-age woman. To live through...

Maxwell Jameson Trevor, prince of Lilaria, hates his royal role. Despising the limelight, he takes solace in his art studio and steers clear of any drama. But when one of the newly discovered royals passes away, Maxwell's brother Alex asks him to break the news to the old man's granddaughter. Though...

Work always comes first for Sheikh Nassir Adjalane. From an early age, he learned business was infinitely more important than having a personal life. But with pressure from an opponent on his board, Nassir suddenly has only one month to marry, or risk being voted out of his company. With everything...

An island getaway turns into a lesson in passion and surrender... After getting out of a bad relationship and dropping out of university, Ivy Watts decides she needs some much needed stress therapy.  So when she discovers her parents have been invited to a luxury private island resort called...

A novel of secrets, passion, and betrayal.... For the past four years, 18 year old, Violet Taylor has lived her life like her deceased father would’ve wanted. Perfect grades, perfect friends, the perfect boyfriend from the right family. Except now at the end of high school, she realizes that...