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Publisher
Showtime Networks
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Gena Rowlands is Charlie Kate Birch, a fiercely independent family matriarch and maker of homeopathic remedies who lives with her daughter Sophia (Mimi Rogers) and granddaughter Margaret (Susan May Pratt) in North Carolina during WWII. When Margaret falls for a wounded soldier, grandma gently nurtures the relationship, even as she tries to help Sophia heal from a broken heart.
3) Latin Lover
Publisher
Dreamscape Media
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
On the tenth anniversary of fictional film star Saverio Crispo's death, his daughters, all of different nationalities, get together for a celebration of his career. In Italian with English closed captions. - Midwest Tapes
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
An inside look at the lives of eight people living in a remote and icy Scottish village. The story focuses on the relationship between a mother and a daughter, played by real-life mother and daughter Emma Thompson and Phyllida Law.
Author
Series
Amgash ; 1
Language
English
Description
"Lucy Barton is recovering slowly from what should have been a simple operation. Her mother, to whom she hasn't spoken for many years, comes to see her. Gentle gossip about people from Lucy's childhood in Amgash, Illinois, seems to reconnect them, but just below the surface lie the tension and longing that have informed every aspect of Lucy's life: her escape from her troubled family, her desire to become a writer, her marriage, her love for her two...
10) Mr. Church
Publisher
Codeblack Films / Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A little girl and her dying mother obtain the services of a talented cook. What begins as a six-month arrangement spans fifteen years and creates a family bond that lasts forever." --
12) Top girls
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Marlene has been promoted to managing director of a London employment agency and is celebrating. The symbolic luncheon is attended by women in legend or history who offer perspectives on maternity and ambition. In a time warp, these ladies are also her co-workers, clients, and relatives. Marlene, like her famous guests, has had to pay a price to ascend from proletarian roots to the executive suite: she has become, figuratively speaking, a male oppressor...
Author
Series
Evergreen book ; E-159
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
1959.
Language
English
Description
"A Taste of Honey tells the story of a working-class adolescent girl and her various relationships: the black sailor who gets her pregnant; the homosexual art student who moves into her apartment to help her through the pregnancy; her fun-loving and saloon-frequenting mother; and Peter, her mothers newly acquired husband." --
15) Panic room
Language
English
Description
Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg and her daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders during a brutal home invasion. But the room itself is the focal point because what the intruders really want is inside it.
Publisher
Genius Products
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
After the mysterious disappearance of her 3-year-old daughter 15 years ago, a woman shuts herself off from her husband, son, and the rest of the world. When she meets a young woman with a troubled past, she is convinced that it is her missing child.
18) The surrogate
Publisher
Black Spade Productions
Pub. Date
20230117
Language
English
Description
When a single mother and nurse Natalie Paxton falls mysteriously ill and is rushed to the hospital doctors inform her she gave birth without being pregnant. Returning home Natalie is plagued by bizarre paranormal events and invasive visits from social worker Lauren Balmer who believes Natalie is an abusive mother. When the paranormal attacks become vicious and target her nine-year-old daughter Rose, Natalie must overcome her fear and embrace the spirit...
19) Act of will
Publisher
Infinity Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
The daughter of a fashion designer rebels against her mother's glamorous lifestyle.
20) Four good days
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Emerging from a detox clinic, a young addict must stay clean while living with her long-estranged mother for the next four days.