La youth literature It has long taken new adventures since my generation of young people in the 80s and 90s. For the new generations the adventure is now a darker mystery, and the slightest introductions to the romantic genre of that naive Esther have led to more passionate and explicit encounters . Among such marked differences (an adjustment to current times not always to my liking), at least the fantasy is still there as something inalienable, the perfect wardrobe for young readers of any era.
Corina bomann she knows how to find a balance that places her on a stage between adult and youth narrative. It will be because she herself belongs to the generation of five against the world, for example, or close to the vicissitudes of Esther in love with Juanito ... The point is that in her novels there is still that aroma of literature with the will to longer flights from their usual compositions of historical fiction seasoned with fantasies and mysteries. Something like a transformation of Kate morton in a narrator suitable also for younger audiences ...
So now you know, if you have to recommend reading for children from the age of 10 even, Corina Bomann can be an interesting bet towards that balance between entertainment, enjoying fantastic action and cultivating not only vocabulary but also empathy and values. Come on, what had been the youth literature before the assault of the simply commercial ...
Corina Bomann's Top 3 Recommended Novels
The island of butterflies
The great discovery of the author. A novel that marked that turning point for the writer, already a reference in that quality youth narrative that competes for the best-selling positions with "the other" youth literature.
The same day that she discovers her husband is unfaithful, young lawyer Diana receives news that her beloved great-aunt Emmely is very ill. Without thinking twice, Diana takes the first flight to England to say goodbye to her. Emmely has one last wish: Diana must unravel an old family secret.
To do this, the old woman has left clues throughout her house, the imposing Tremayne House, which her niece must find and interpret, with the help of the loyal butler, Mr. Green. Little by little, Diana unravels a complex family history dating back to the XNUMXth century and leads her to sisters Grace and Victoria Tremayne, owners of a tea plantation in Ceylon. The young lawyer will be forced to follow in the footsteps of her ancestors and travel to the beautiful and exotic island of Sri Lanka to unravel the mystery.
The temple of jasmine
When all seems to be lost, Melanie receives wise lessons from her Vietnamese great-grandmother, a brave woman who has overcome great challenges.
Photographer Melanie Sommer is busy preparing for her upcoming wedding when her fiancé has an accident that leaves him in a coma. Unable to cope with this situation, Melanie escapes to the countryside to find comfort in her great-grandmother Hanna.
This wise woman tells the young woman about episodes of her life that she has kept secret until then: the years she lived in Saigon as the daughter of a rich French government official, her friendship with Thanh, the curse of an old woman who surprises them stealing jasmine in a temple: «These flowers will give you the future you deserve» ...
Hanna embarks her great-granddaughter Melanie on an imaginary journey from which she will learn what really counts in love, and that life, despite pain, also holds moments of happiness.
Agneta's inheritance
A splendid estate in southern Sweden becomes the scene of the events of the dizzying XNUMXth century, starring several women from the same family.
Stockholm, 1913. Agneta, the descendant of a family that has been breeding horses for several generations, has finally achieved her great dream. She has gotten her accepted into the Academy of Fine Arts and will be able to enjoy her freedom away from the family, participate in the women's suffrage meetings, and spend the evenings with her young lover, Michael.
But everything is cut short when her father and brother die in an accident and Agneta must immediately return home to take over the family farm. The young woman will try to make her own way without giving in to the wishes of her mother, who wants to marry her as soon as possible to the best suitor.
Other recommended books by Corina Bomann
Sophia's Triumph
The colors of beauty reaches its trilogy with this installment in a lavish context that points, however, to a possible collapse in a historical context of full anxiety...
New York, 1934. Sophia finds herself at a crossroads again. For years, the two empresses of makeup, Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden, have fought over her talent dragging her into the battle for her. Now Sophia dreams of becoming independent from her and creating her own company, but when her friend Henny comes to her seriously ill, the need to help her will make her knock on Madame Rubinstein's door again.
And although in love it seems that life smiles at him, the news of the war in Europe is increasingly disturbing... and threatens the future he longs to build. In a thrilling ending full of surprises, Sophia will have to fight with all her might to reunite with the man she loves and finally fulfill her ambitions.
Sophia's dream
A second part that, in addition to not losing intensity, opens up to the most unexpected dilemmas... The long-awaited continuation of the story of Sophia, trapped in the legendary rivalry between two beauty queens: Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden.
When everything seemed lost, a mysterious letter has awakened a ray of hope in Sophia: the son she thought was dead may still be alive in Paris. But arriving in town seeking confirmation, Ella Sophia is met by an unrelenting wall of silence. She then decides to accept a job offer from Elizabeth Arden, the great rival of her former boss, Helena Rubinstein. A glamorous environment greets the young chemist, but when Madame Rubinstein unexpectedly returns to her life, Sophia finds herself caught in the middle of a veritable war between the two makeup empresses. Her future, love and happiness are at stake again...
