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"The Drowners by David A. Anderson brought me back to high school right from the get-go. This coming-of-age drama, set in '90s Dublin, reminded me of the pressure of trying to fit in and at the same time the desire of having the freedom to be yourself"
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This was an intense and wild ride through coming to age and figuring out where one exists when it is hard to even imagine seeing yourself." Read more of this review » |
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Hi Isaiah, Thanks for taking the time to read and review my novel. Greatly appreciated!!
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Thank you so much for reading my story, George, and for taking the time to pen this comprehensive review. Much appreciated!
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"In 90's Dublin, around the early days of the Celtic Tiger, 15-year-old Aaron Anderson, who is dissatisfied with his life but feels unable to change it, joins Mary's College. Disaffected and intelligent, he wrangles with worrisome parents who fear he "
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Read the Rainbow: 135 New LGBTQ+ Books to Celebrate Pride
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Happy Pride Month, fellow Goodreaders!
And behold! To mark this annual celebration, we’ve gathered together a collection of brand-new LGBTQ+ fiction, nonfiction, and YA books. All of the titles here are fresh, published (in the U.S.) from the...”
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Thanks so much for giving up your time to read and review my story, Ricky. Much appreciated!
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“When you reach a certain age, do you forget the ceaseless anxiety and remorseless boredom that constitutes teenage life? Does nostalgia induce selective amnesia? Because the way the neighbourhood dads tell it they all holidayed at this incredible resort called Adolescence. Where their Danny Zuko doppelgänger younger selves chased after a string of Sandy Olsson clones, and the days passed like greased lightning. And life was a gas.”
― The Drowners
― The Drowners
“Last night, I dreamt of a windowless room with pale green walls and blank clock faces without numbers. Where time had vanished, and no doors existed.”
― The Drowners
― The Drowners
“To all my Young Adult readers; As your ghost of adolescence past, I'm here to tell you everything is going to be okay. And those special songs you think will never grow old. Well, for you, they never will.”
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“That miserable old bollix isn't knocking on Heaven's door, he's booting it off its hinges.”
― The Drowners
― The Drowners
“When you reach a certain age, do you forget the ceaseless anxiety and remorseless boredom that constitutes teenage life? Does nostalgia induce selective amnesia? Because the way the neighbourhood dads tell it they all holidayed at this incredible resort called Adolescence. Where their Danny Zuko doppelgänger younger selves chased after a string of Sandy Olsson clones, and the days passed like greased lightning. And life was a gas.”
― The Drowners
― The Drowners
“Last night, I dreamt of a windowless room with pale green walls and blank clock faces without numbers. Where time had vanished, and no doors existed.”
― The Drowners
― The Drowners
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