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A classic coming-of-age tale set in a vivid and richly imagined world from Sunday Times best-selling author Joe Abercrombie. Words are weapons. Princess Skara has seen all she loved made blood and ashes. She is left with only words. But the right words can be as deadly as any blade. She must conquer her fears and sharpen her wits to a lethal edge if she is to reclaim her birthright.

At the age of twenty-three, Charlie Mason is endowed with good looks, good manners and a cheerful disposition. Following three years at Cambridge and one working in his father's business, he is looking forward to a jaunt in Paris with Simon, his oldest friend.

Theo has been living in his parents' shed, nursing a broken heart and a wounded ego, convinced life can't get any worse. Then he gets evicted on his 30th birthday. Theo thinks he's done with the real world—until it shows up on his doorstep. Joel is a successful TV scriptwriter, still in love with his teenage sweetheart. A proper grown-up—and yet he's falling apart at the seams. He's headed home to reconnect with best friend Theo—except they haven't spoken since the summer they turned 16.

Een heerlijke komedie voor de fans van Rood, wit en koningsblauw en Sex Education. Hallo daar! Mijn naam is Elliot McHugh. Ik ben achttien jaar oud, kom uit Cincinnati, ben een leeuw, een (meestal) chaotischgoede extravert, een eerstejaars aan Emerson College Boston – en ik heb geen idee wat ik in godsnaam aan het doen ben. Sommige mensen weten aan het begin van hun studie precieswat ze met hun leven willen doen. Elliot McHugh is niet een van diemensen. Een studierichting kiezen is wel het laatste waar ze aandenkt.

A wonderful period piece, set in the time of the Great Depression. This audiobook follows two youths, as they struggle to cross the now-broken country to find their estranged family in rural California. In the process, they discover their own strengths and inevitable weaknesses. In the end, there are many lessons of life, survival, and respect for their fellow brethren.