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• The Lying Life of Adults

  Ferrante, Elena

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  Originally written in Italian and set in Naples in the early 1990s, "The Lying Life of Adults" is the story of Giovanna, a sheltered teen girl from an affluent family. When her father makes a disparaging comment about her appearance -…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Winter in Sokcho

  Dusapin, Élisa Shua, 1992-

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  A literary coming-of-age novel set on the border between South and North Korea, "Winter is Sokcho" is very much a novel about a specific place and time, and the ways a tired, dying community becomes a profound and inexorable part of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Reasons to Be Cheerful

  Stibbe, Nina,

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  A story of what coming-of-age looks like when you *do* manage to escape the small town you grew up in: when you leave the familiar damage behind, but wind up facing the challenges of new adult life alone.

• Marlena

  Buntin, Julie

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  "I love stories about youth, girlhood, and the female friendships that shape us. Also, this is a Michigan author." - Andrea K.

• Stateway's Garden

  Stories

  Drain, Jasmon

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  A collection of interconnected stories set in the public housing projects of Chicago's South Side in the 1980s, told from the points of view of the people growing up there. A lush depiction of an infamous backdrop, populated with the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Lincoln Highway

  A Read With Jenna Pick (a Novel)

  Towles, Amor

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  "A truly wholesome tale of adventure that will transport you to another era." - Mindy R.

• Checkout 19

  a Novel

  Bennett, Claire-Louise,

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  A very, very literary take on the theme of a teen girl's coming-of-age in a small working-class town, "Checkout 19" is told in a third-person stream-of-consciousness, as the narrator observes the people around her, reflects on the books…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• My Name Is Lucy Barton

  a Novel

  Strout, Elizabeth,

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  "This quick read is a tender and honest look at the hurt as well as the love that is so often a part of family dynamics. Strout seeks hope and healing through this mother-daughter story." - Hannah M.

• Redhead by the Side of the Road

  A Novel

  Tyler, Anne

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  "This slice-of-life novel is a sweet story about a man whose regimented life and isolation are disrupted. He's pretty clueless about relationships and comes to some personal revelations through the course of the book" - Hannah M.

• Cygnet

  a Novel

  Butler, Season,

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  The story of a 17-year-old abandoned by her parents on a remote island populated entirely by elderly people. After her grandmother's death, our narrator - "Kid" - has nothing to tie her to the strange community but the hope that her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Last Picture Show

  McMurtry, Larry

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  Where "Rabbit Hutch" is a recent-historical novel, "The Last Picture Show" is a classic. First published in 1966, it's the story of teenagers growing up in small-town Texas, fumbling their way into adulthood alongside a large, eccentric…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Only Here, Only Now

  a Novel

  Newlands, Tom,

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  A recent-historical that primarily follows one restless teen girl, "Only Here, Only Now" is set in small-town Scotland in the summer of 1994. More focused on family and identity than a large cast of characters, the novel touches on similar…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• If You Liked Deacon King Kong by James McBride

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  Looking for more polyphonic fiction about close-knit neighborhoods? Check out "Deacon King Kong" by James McBride, and these similar novels that explore race and community in NYC during the 1960s and 70s.

• If You Liked There There by Tommy Orange

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  Looking for more polyphonic coming-of-age stories with a distinctive sense of place and time? Check out "There There" by Tommy Orange, and these similar novels and collections of interconnected short stories set in and around Native…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Rabbit Hutch

  a Novel

  Gunty, Tess,

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