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Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
When Pam and Greg get their parents together it turns into one disaster after another. The hippie Fockers are the direct opposite of the uptight Byrneses. With one pitfall after the next, the film takes awkward in-law experiences to new heights.
Author
Language
English
Description
"A twisty, compelling new novel about one woman's complicated relationship with her mother-in-law that ends in death... From the moment Lucy met her husband's mother, Diana, she was kept at arm's length. Diana was exquisitely polite, and properly friendly, but Lucy knew that she was not what Diana envisioned. But who could fault Diana? She was a pillar of the community, an advocate for social justice who helped female refugees assimilate to their...
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Greg Focker has finally begun to earn the respect of his ex-CIA father-in-law, Jack Byrnes but one important test still lies ahead: will Greg prove that he has what it takes to be the family's next 'Godfocker', or will the circle of trust be broken for good?
Series
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Male nurse Greg Focker wants to pop the question to his girlfried Pam Byrnes. But she's daddy's little girl, and daddy, has some old-fashioned ideas about manners and manhood. So Pam and Greg make a pilgrimage to the Byrnes' homestead on Long Island. Greg gets off the wrong foot with Mr. Byrnes and never recovers. Little white lies mushroom into ghastly whoppers. Greg finds out that Mr. Byrnes was in the CIA for 34 years. And so the weekend goes from...
Publisher
Cinedigm Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
A very merry mix-up: "a woman sets out to meet her fiancé's family at Christmas and winds up at the wrong house. Once the mistake is corrected, she realizes that her bond with the wrong family--and their elegible son--was stronger than her bond with the right one."
The Christmas ornament: "widow Kathy Howard is having a hard time facing her first Christmas without her husband when she meets Christmas tree lot owner Tim Pierce who helps her to see...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The best advice for the mother of the groom? Keep your mouth shut and wear beige!
Darcy Van Aiken is doing just fine, thank you. She's an ICU nurse with an "amicable" divorce from her ex-husband, Mike, two great kids, and a prescription for Ritalin. Then her older son, Jeremy, gets engaged to Cami Zander-Brown -daughter of a wealthy New York family -and her world gets turned upside down. The source of her trouble, much to Darcy's surprise, is not...
7) Trishna
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Trishna lives with her family in a village in Rajasthan and works in a resort to help pay the family bills. Jay is the wealthy son of a property developer. When Jay takes up managing resorts, he meets Trishna and wins her affection. They move to Mumbai, but problems arise when his deep family bond threatens their bliss.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Stand-up comedian and family man Tom Papa explores how we deal with our inescapable relatives and their bizarre behavior. A warm, hilarious book that saws deep into every branch of the family tree and uncovers the most hysterical and surprisingly meaningful aspects of our lives. --
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Anna Harvik travels to Norway in 1946 in order to visit the family of her late husband, the country is only just recovering from five cruel years of Nazi occupation. So it is with surprise that she finds in this cold and bitter country the capacity for new love and perhaps even a new home.
13) Youth in Oregon
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"A man is tasked with driving his embittered 80-year-old father-in-law cross country to be legally euthanized in Oregon, while along the way helping him rediscover a reason for living." --
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
An ordinary man married to a witch, has made her promise to stop using witchcraft. Yet, Samantha can't resist using her magical powers to solve her problems. Includes hysterical interludes of magical outbursts by other members of the family.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
A widow returns to Boston to aid a family plagued by death Gillian stopped being a Decker when her husband, Stuart, died, and she considers herself lucky to have escaped. The Deckers are ruthless, a family of power-hungry backstabbers who live for profit and sneer at love. Stuart was different, but even he obeyed his older brother Raymond like he was a god. Since she lost her husband, Gillian has tried to forget his family, until a notice in the paper...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Susan Forward's practical and powerful book will help couples cope with terrible and toxic in–laws. Toxic in–laws are in–laws who create genuine chaos through various assaults––aggressive or subtle––on you and your marriage. Toxic–in laws come in a wide variety of guises: "The Critics", who tell you what you're doing wrong; "The Controllers", who try to run you and your partner's life; "The Engulfers", who make incessant demands on...
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
When last we saw George, he and his bride Ursula were living in wedded bliss in the peaceful jungle. Unfortunately this is about to change. Scheming mother-in-law, Beatrice Stanhope, is not about to let her daughter and grandson hang out in the jungle forever. In an elaborate plot, she teams up with Ursula's obsessive ex-fiance to hypnotize Ursula into leaving George and turning his beloved jungle into mulch.
Author
Language
English
Description
""Bursting with humor, banter, and cringeworthy first dates, Sonali Dev's The Vibrant Years is a joyful and fun read, but it's also very much a timely tale about a group of underestimated women demanding respect and embracing their most authentic selves." --Mindy Kaling Living on their own terms means being there for one another. When sixty-five-year-old Bindu Desai inherits a million dollars, she's astounded--and horrified. The windfall threatens...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
An ordinary man married to a witch, has made her promise to stop using witchcraft. Yet, Samantha can't resist using her magical powers to solve her problems. Includes hysterical interludes of magical outbursts by other members of the family.