Adrienne Nash Bücher

Michael feels hunted, he knows that what he does is not normal. In his muddled mind, oppressed by his stepfather and bullied at school, and depressed, he has become something of a hermit. Bot only that, he does horrible things to himself, punishing himself for being this creature that no one understands. Not even he understands. Then Catherine his classmate of five years sits by him on the bus and his pain is displayed. School breaks for the summer and the future looks bleak but Catherine sees his pain and understands it probably more than Michael because he is so muddled and depressed. One thing leads to another. His family is decimated. His cruel stepfather makes it essential for Michael to escape and he does, into a new World where he can at last be the person he knows he really is, finding acceptance but suffering the worst loss of all on his journey to being Alicia.

Peter is a loner and a no hoper. His father is in prison, his mother in a mental hospital and he lives in a children's home. He knows his future is without hope and he acts tough and fights rough. He is coming to the realisation that he is on the path to nowhere and then three girls step into his path, three nice girls who treat him to coffee and then a little friendly ridicule. Kayleigh decides to take the boy home and Pete's life changes forever.

Danny is a misfit, he knows that and so does his mum and sister Rachel. They, fearing for him, watch and wait. His father can't stand the sight of a boy that is so unlike him. It is not only at home where Danny is in trouble. School is a trial, he has few friends and many enemies, so life is difficult. Add to that his 'bunking' off and his thieving from shops in the Mall and you would say, this child will turn out like his father, a criminal. What Danny is not, is a thug. He has not inherited his father's liking for booze and brawling. His deprived and violent home is not the cradle for a child without an identity. Dannie is adrift, blowing with the gales that surround him. The only life saver, is sister Rachel, more mother than their mother and protector, confidant and eventual saviour.

James was quite a boy. He had a reputation with the girls and for his daring. His annual skiing trip was a chance for him to show off his athleticism and his devil may care attitude. Too much adrenalin is a dangerous thing and leads many a young man into trouble. When you are skiing off piste, in uncharted territory and in a snowstorm, adrenalin might help you get through it or it might get you into deep trouble. So it was that he found more trouble than he ever imagined and a changed life. A trans novel.

Daniel works in a London bank. He's ambitious to climb the ladder, a high flyer. Even so his life is a mess. He has a problem that has made him a loner trusting no one. His staff member Patricia, brings him out and introduces him to her friends. But do they really like the strange person they've met? Then there's Daniel's family who want him home, his mother fretting. What will they think of the person their son Daniel has become? At the Bank there's danger and betrayal. Daniel finds himself and finds the love of his family too.

Chris is sixteen. For at least nine years of his short life, he has suffered from a mouldering discontent without actually identifying why he is so unhappy. The youngest by far of three children, he would be the last to leave home. His father's death and his exam results decide him to find employment rather than further education. Working with the fun girls of the Returns Section, triggers his salvation from a life of despair.

Deliverance. Craig hates his name. He also hates his brother and he’s not keen on his father. When his mother betrays him, his world has collapsed. Except for Jenny, he has no friends in the World. After Rob his jock brother outs him, there is nothing to lose. Pantonsville has to be history. Will Uncle Jem provide deliverance from oppression?

I never thought my day out in the Mall, furtively looking at clothes I couldn't afford and which I could not take into The County Council Home for Unwanted and Bewildered Children, would end by taking me to Edinburgh pursued by the Police and the Children's Department. Well that's what happened. A criminal on the run, disguised and yet, that led me to meeting my Mom. What Mom wants me for is another matter but anything is better than being homeless, isn't it? Of course none of that reckons on the difference love can make nor that magical thing, serendipity, interceding.

Jeremy had tried to explain to his parents when he was seven, but their reaction had been so destructive that he hid his true feelings and simply withdrew from the family. He feared and disliked his older brother Richard too.By eleven, something or someone had to break and it would not be Jem. A visit to his GP released him and the hidden emotions of those closest to him. That was when he learned about love, love of his family, what remained of it and love of a friend, expressing his real identity at last.Above all she learned to love herself and her new persona, even though she seemed to have a multitude of oppressors.