If eyes are windows to the soul, then books are gateways. Behind the cover of growing pains lie dozens of them. Across their threshold, waiting: A new star appears in the sky and bewitches a blind girl; time stretches out endlessly in the minutes before a proposal; a psychic predicts not one, but countless of her futures; a book thief steals the heart of a librarian; a lifetime passes between fried cauliflower and roasted duck; and caramel cake leads to an identity crisis. Inside the pages of growing pains reside the twenty-eight works of three authors, exploring themes of self-discovery, coming of age, family trauma, and more.
Borges left her hometown in warm and sunny Brazil to pursue her dreams of being a writer, which led her all the way to the cold and gray city of Prague. A 24-year-old on the run, she longs to see as much of the world as she can whilst keeping true to her roots and her culture. Although she also has an interest in novels and scriptwriting, she is especially passionate about poetry. Borges' writing is a field with no fences. Limits don't exist-or if they do, then she's more than happy to cross them. She does not take her readers by the hand so much as she yanks them forward, out of their comfort zone and head-over-heels into the unknown.
