think the only thing standing in your way of enjoying a story is the preconceived notion of what such a story is.
Now, that's very true. I think that there may be a perception that "coming of age" = "teenager growing up." Which is just not necessarily so. As ramblin_phyl and mikebarker point out, we're all learning better, every day. OK -- every week. In a sense, we never do come of age.
Re: Coming of age
Date: 2009-02-26 11:49 pm (UTC)Now, that's very true. I think that there may be a perception that "coming of age" = "teenager growing up." Which is just not necessarily so. As