It is a long long time since I was an angst ridden teenager (or should I say young adult) but I was wondering what your favourite coming of age book is?
You know the type of thing - unrequited love, disastrous first love (usually with an unsuitable), growing up and gaining new perspectives (maybe losing a few friends or ideals) along the way, wanting more from life, learning a few hard lessons etc etc ....
I have a soft spot for Jonathon Coe's The Rotters Club simply because it is so good at evoking the feeling of being young, and restless, and wanting there to be more to life ...
What's yours?