Boys: An Illustrated Field Guide
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Boys: An Illustrated Field Guide is a tender, coming-of-age gift book about the many different kinds...
The Myth of Perpetual Summer
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From the national bestselling author of Whistling Past the Graveyard comes a moving coming-of-age...
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Nov 2, 2025 - 7:51 PM
This is a coming of age story, and follows the life of Dave Win, a half Burmese actor. It starts when he wins a scholarship to a top boarding school. His widowed mother, a dressmaker, would never be able to afford to send him. The world is opened up to Dave - or is it?
This is a story of class, privilege, racism and Dave growing up to understand his homosexuality in a time where it was illegal. The contrast of his old school mate/ bully’s life of affluence and privilege as an MP, and his as a struggling actor (because of the lack of parts for mixed race actors) is stark.
It really is an excellent read and I’d recommend it wholeheartedly. I couldn’t, and didn’t want to, put it down.
Boys Keep Swinging: A Memoir
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`The purpose of my life is to entertain. It's a constant feedback loop.' Before becoming lead singer...
Lot: Stories
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Stories of a young man finding his place among family and community in Houston, from a powerful,...
The Lords of the Wind (The Saga of Hasting the Avenger #1)
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Orphaned as a child by a blood-feud, and sold as a slave to an exiled chieftain in Ireland, the boy...
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Elyot: Four Plays
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Four plays spanning twenty years from our leading specialist in the comedy of pain. Coming Clean...
Blood Relatives
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An incredible debut novel: a coming of age tale set against the backdrop of the Yorkshire Ripper...
The Truants
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'Where do I find Crime?’ ‘Crime doesn’t have its own section,’ said the librarian without...