Most Popular Books by Gayle Friesen

Gayle Friesen is the author of Losing Forever (2002), For Now (2007), Men of Stone (2000), Janey's Girl (1998), The Isabel Factor (2005), The Valley (2009).

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Losing Forever

release date: Jan 01, 2002
Losing Forever
A half-crazed mother, a lovesick friend, a perfectly evil stepsister -- in this novel by Gayle Friesen, could things for Jes get any worse?

For Now

release date: Jan 01, 2007
For Now
In this novel by Gayle Friesen, the sequel to Losing Forever, change and heartbreak make Jes''s life more confusing than ever.

Men of Stone

release date: Jan 01, 2000
Men of Stone
In Gayle Friesen''s powerful novel, 15-year-old Ben can''t make sense of his life. He lives in a house full of women, yet he can''t talk to girls. He tries to be a jock, but can''t even make the co-ed volleyball team. And ridicule from the guys has driven Ben to give up the one thing at which he truly excels -- dance. Now, he''s being bullied by a thug named Claude, who''s found out about Ben''s ballet classes. Ben feels his anger and frustration grow with each passing day. Then Great-Aunt Frieda comes to visit and Ben learns about the old woman''s life in Russia. He''s surprised at how Frieda dealt with the Men of Stone -- Stalin''s agents who terrorized her community and family. As Frieda tells her powerful story, Ben begins to understand who he is and what kind of person he wants to be. But first he must get past the rage that has taken control of his life.

Janey's Girl

release date: Jan 01, 1998
Janey's Girl
Fourteen-year-old Claire spends August with her Mother on the family farm.

The Isabel Factor

release date: Aug 01, 2005
The Isabel Factor
In this novel by Gayle Friesen, by turns hilarious and touching, a summer at camp changes everything -- and a young woman learns to be herself.

The Valley

release date: Sep 15, 2009
The Valley
Gayle is compelled to return to her childhood home where her modern family life clashes with her parents'' traditional Mennonite life.

Der Isabell-Faktor

release date: Jan 01, 2011

Gubee zasekogash

release date: Jan 01, 2017

Devojčeto na Džejni

release date: Jan 01, 2017

Das auch noch!

release date: Jan 01, 2009
Das auch noch!
Das Leben der 16-jährigen Jes ist doch sonst schon genug stressig. Sie muss ihr Zimmer an die umwerfend schöne Tochter ihres Stiefvaters abtreten, das erste Date mit Sam wird ein Desaster, ihre beste Freundin denkt nur noch an Sex. Und schliesslich wird Jes Mutter auch noch schwanger!

Pour L'instant

release date: Aug 01, 2009
Pour L'instant
Jess entame l''année scolaire en lion. Elle se découvre un intérêt sans borne pour un professeur qui semble avoir toutes les réponses à ses questions existentielles. Mais ses attentes son graduellement déçues tandis que les adultes qui l''entourent, y compris monsieur Truelove, s''embourbent dans leur propre quotidien. Bien qu''elle soit résolue à adopter une attitude positive face au changement, lorsque Jess apprend que sa mère attend, à 40 ans, une autre enfant, sa vie bascule à nouveau. Voulant au départ avoir une attitude dégagée face à cet heureux événement, l''adolescente de 15 ans sent peu à peu l''ambivalence de sa mère face à cette grossesse, et souffre du fait qu''elle rejette sur elle le blâme des tensions familiales. Pour ajouter à sa déveine, celle-ci aimerait qu''elle s''implique plus qu''à son tour à l''arrivée du bébé. Jess prend alors l''année, navigant entre deux foyers, pour faire une fois de plus, de l''ordre dans sa tête et dans son coeur...

Sommeren Med Isabel

release date: Jan 01, 2007

Džeinės dukra : [apysaka]

release date: Jan 01, 2002

Mirakelflickan

release date: Jan 01, 2004

Iskanje večnosti

release date: Jan 01, 2010

Alles ändert sich

release date: Jan 01, 2005
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