In this “coming-of-old-age” tale, Jack Peckham finds himself on a journey into his distant past, helped along the way by Joe Easterday, a young man with Down syndrome, and Ida Pevely, a middle-aged waitress with her own mountain of...
Identity (Psychology)
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Author:Brennan, KevinSummary: - Author:Block, Francesca Lia.Summary:
Witch Baby comes to live with Weetzie Bat and My-Secret-Agent-Lover-Man and has wild adventures in Los Angeles as she tries to understand where she belongs.
- Author:Margoshes, DaveSummary:
From an emergency room in Calgary, where an intern hears his poorly timed joke about suicide, Zan winds up on the psychologist’s couch. But the doctor’s efforts to investigate Zan’s mental state are constantly stymied by his misfiring...
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Author:White, TaraSummary:"This moving novel of self-discovery and awareness takes place during the Oka crisis in the summer of 1990. Adopted as an infant, Carrie has always felt out of place somehow. Recurring dreams haunt her, warning that someone close...
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Author:Basu, ArjunSummary:A surreal journey of a man who is searching for purpose and for happiness Joe, a 36-year-old advertising copywriter for a slick New York agency, feels disillusioned with his life. He starts dreaming of a mysterious man, seeing him on...
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Author:Martin, AnnaSummary:À première vue, Jesse Ross est un homme ordinaire, engagé dans une relation ordinaire avec sa petite amie depuis l’université, Adele. Mais ce que sa copine ignore, c’est qu’il a une liaison—avec un homme—et qu’il explore sa sexualité d...
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Author:Slade, Arthur G.Summary:For Percy, the loss of his father and the suicide of his best friend build to a head during the last week before high school graduation.
- Author:Lewis, Naomi K.Summary:
When her marriage suddenly ends, and a diary documenting her beloved grandfather's escape from Nazi-occupied Netherlands in the summer of 1942 is discovered, Naomi K. Lewis decides to retrace his journey to learn about her family...
- Author:John, Aisha SashaSummary:
In THOU, Aisha Sasha John knows the day – biblically. What if time itself was an object of desire? And the book was a theatre for that? Aisha Sasha John has a crush on time. Which is why she discipled in it. For three years. Also for...
- Author:eckhoff, keven mcphersonSummary:
Would it be possible to compose a book that appears to be "about" its author, but is indirectly about something else, like identity or relationships or language? Maybe a book not written by a hero... but by many?This was the challenge...
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Author:Leung, CarrianneSummary:The Wondrous Woo tells the story of Miramar Woo who is the quintessential Chinese girl: nice, quiet, and reserved. The eldest of the three Woo children, Miramar is ever the obedient sister and daughter ... on the outside. On...
- Author:See, LisaSummary:
2018 Audie Award Finalist The thrilling new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa See explores the lives of a Chinese mother and her daughter who has been abandoned and adopted by an American couple. Li-yan and her family...
- Author:Fagan, CarySummary:
"Set in Toronto, this short novel is a portrait of two pivotal times in the life of Miriam Moscowitz. The first section describes her experiences as a bright young university student in the 1950s and recounts the discrimination she...
- Author:Beatty, PaulSummary:
"Raised in the "agrarian ghetto" of Dickens--improbably smack in the middle of downtown L.A.--the narrator of The Sellout resigned himself to the fate of all other middle-class Californians: "to die in the same...
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Author:Einarson, EarlSummary:This is an endearing story of a young Aboriginal foster child who is given a special gift by his foster mother. Her gift of warmth and thoughtfulness helps her young foster children by encouraging self-esteem, acceptance and love....
- Author:Pensini, EricaSummary:
Iris’s life is way too perfect to be real. She’s always known, but when she finds a box of old pictures in the attic the curtains open onto a stage she could not have imagined. In a dark crescendo of unexpected turns, Iris seeks her own...
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Author:Mahy, MargaretSummary:A young farm boy who possesses mysterious powers is chosen by the king to be the court's royal magician.
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Author:Kingsolver, BarbaraSummary:An American youth in 1930s Mexico City, Harrison Shepherd works for artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera and their houseguest, Russian exile Lev Trotsky. Returning to the United States, Shepherd becomes a bestselling author, but his...
- Author:Paulsen, GarySummary:
Fifteen-year-old Wil discovers himself and the wonders of nature when he leaves home to live on an island in northern Wisconsin.
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Author:Wilde, OscarSummary:In Wilde’s masterful farce, two aristocratic young Londoners create a great deal of confusion when they independently fabricate intricate double lives in order to escape oppressive social obligations.
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