Der Duft Des Sommers
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9783442312160 (3442312167)
Publish date: June 27th 2011
Publisher: Goldmann
Pages no: 288
Edition language: Deutsch
Category:
Young Adult,
Novels,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Media Tie In,
Movies,
Romance,
Adult,
Family,
Coming Of Age,
Contemporary
I was initially drawn to previews for the film Labor Day because of the story alone: a single mother living takes in an escaped convict and the two fall in love. The tragedy of the conflict and the romance that must exist for a woman to so blindly endanger herself and her son sound like the stuff of...
From Goodreads: With the end of summer closing in and a steamy Labor Day weekend looming in the town of Holton Mills, New Hampshire, thirteen-year-old Henry—lonely, friendless, not too good at sports—spends most of his time watching television, reading, and daydreaming about the soft skin and buddin...
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I don’t know if reading too many fanfics has ruined me for ”normal books” because once again, after having finished a “normal book” I’m just sitting here thinking; what?Because really: What?! What was the point?! Is it some kind of mind blowing plot? No. Is it some kind of exciting storyline? No.Is ...
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