Books tagged: comingofage

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Three Avenues of Escape    by Elmore Hammes
Price: Free! 1920 words. Published on September 7, 2009. .

A short story (1,650 words) about a young man's utilization of several items left to him by his older brother as a means to escape his father's bigotry. Some adult language and implied sexual situations, but nothing overt. This story first appeared in the Fall 2006 issue of the literary magazine The First Line.
Daughter Am I    by Pat Bertram
Price: $6.99 USD. 87420 words. Published by Second Wind Publishing, LLC on October 13, 2009. .

When twenty-five-year-old Mary Stuart learns she inherited a farm from her recently murdered grandparents -- grandparents her father claimed had died before she was born -- she becomes obsessed with finding out who they were and why someone wanted them dead. "A delightful treasure hunting tale of finding oneself in a most unlikely way." --Publisher's Weekly
Key West...Erotic Awakenings in Paradise!    by John Austin
Price: $1.99 USD. 7150 words. Published on October 30, 2009. .

A little history and young romance in Key West. Deliciously humorous and slightly bawdy. A tempting slice of Americana in the vein of American Grafitti. A fast and delightful read! The Nuns at Mary Immaculate High take in female Latina boarders. Billy Ramon & I begin dating two of these beauties, Irene from Venezuela and Lela from Argentina. Humorous first time sexual discovery blossoms!
Birthday Girl    by Diane J Wright
Price: $9.99 USD. 114660 words. Published by Seedpod Publishing on December 3, 2009. .

Sixteen-year-old Tracey Burns has been confined to a single room for two years. One night, amid chaotic spring winds, she slips to freedom and inadvertently sets herself on a journey that takes her further away from the one thing she wants most: to find the mother who left her behind.
At the Table of Want    by Larry Kimport
Price: $4.99 USD. 108930 words. Published by Foremost Press  on December 14, 2009. .

At the Table of Want, a coming-of-age love story, chronicles orphan Truman Kramer's settling into a Peace Corps assignment in a small Malaysian community, where he eventually finds himself involved with a local shopkeeper's wife, an unloved woman craving anything of her own.
Portman, The Great Exchange Artist    by Chad Ralston
Price: $3.99 USD. 81320 words. Published on February 3, 2010. .

Set in the legendary world of Wall Street during the days leading up to the current financial turmoil, PORTMAN, THE GREAT EXCHANGE ARTIST is the story of the volatile and ultimately fragile friendship that develops between the brash Richard Portman and the story’s shy narrator, Clark Knowles, as they vie for the attention of the beautiful Lara Spellman and for lucrative stock-trading jobs.
Sumner Gardens    by Brendan Myers
Price: $3.99 USD. 50250 words. Published on April 3, 2010. .

It's October of 1970 and twelve-year-old altar boy Conner O'Neil has a few problems. He's dodging some oddly personal questions from his parish priest and learns he has to kiss the creepiest girl in class after getting the lead in the school play. But only after his father has another heart attack do his real troubles begin. A heartwarming and life-affirming coming-of-age tale.
Life: Lost & Found    by A. K. Williams
Price: $0.99 USD. 119220 words. Published on April 22, 2010. .

Madeline isn't dead—she just feels like it. Her mother was killed years ago, her dad is more of a theory than a father, and her social life is confined to her daydreams. She's a five-foot eight-inch industrial-strength criticism magnet, and her life ended seven years ago. But fate is about to give it back to her—whether she wants it or not. Can she make it a life worth keeping?
The Friday Night Club, a novel    by Jacob  Lurie
Price: $0.99 USD. 96140 words. Published on July 12, 2010. .

Davis Robertson is in mid panic attack. His fiancée is walking down the aisle, the love of his life sits watching, he's sure an attack by vengeful strippers is imminent, and there's a little matter of a gun wielding, RV stealing tow-truck driver out to kill him.
Tom Sawyer In Hell    by Peter Black
Price: $0.99 USD. 63950 words. Published on September 9, 2010. .

All life is a series of stories and Tom Sawyer in Hell is mine. The narrative follows the misadventures of a naive young man who has optimistic expectations about life that rapidly go south as he makes his way thru college, courts and jails and small town lawyers, strip clubs, a gig as a Park Avenue doorman, hopelessness, psychopharmacology, absurdity, and the struggle to land a corporate job.