Showing results for "but-" in Family Life

A national best seller upon its publication, Anywhere but Here is a moving, often comic portrait of wise child Ann August and her mother, Adele, a larger-than-life American dreamer. As they travel through the landscape of their often conflicting ambitions, Ann and Adele bring to life a novel that is a brilliant exploration of the perennial urge to keep moving, even at the risk of profound disorientation. Simpson's first novel is ultimately a heart-rending tale of a mother and daughter's invaluable relationship.

Meet Otto and Cecil. Two brothers who grew up privileged in the Welsh countryside. They enjoyed watching nature shows, playing with their pet pony, impersonating their Grandfather…and killing the help. Murder is the family business after all. Downton Abbey, this is not. However, it’s not so easy to continue the family legacy with the constant stream of threats and distractions seemingly leaping from the hedgerow.

Sam Bennett is the last of a dying breed, a former Mad Man, now made redundant after 30 years at the same advertising agency. Left with his awards and a case of Bulgarian whiskey (which he still can’t remember buying), Sam retreats to his home, awaits the summer arrival of his daughter and crazy son-in-law, Muller, is plagued by panic attacks and has an incident involving a pressed ham on a liquor store window with a young security guard named Max. .

Leaving behind her husband and their baby daughter, a writer gets on a flight for a speaking engagement in Reno, not carrying much besides a breast pump and a spiralling case of postpartum depression. Her temporary escape from domestic duties and an opportunity to reconnect with old friends mutates into an extended romp away from the confines of marriage and motherhood, and a seemingly bottomless descent into the past.

Alex English, the well-known man-whore of the country club set, has always preferred to play the field, eschewing a chance with Miss Right for a satisfying quickie with Miss Right-Now. But after seeing his two older brothers take the plunge, something has been aching inside of Alex, and no amount of casual sex seems to fill the void in his heart.

Jannice Davis is a devoted and loyal wife and mother to her two children. Jannice tries to be the respected first lady of Red Hill Church and walks beside her husband, Pastor Jason Davis. Jannice has a suspicion that something in her marriage isn't right, and she finds out some secrets that she's heard about all along.

After a whirlwind courtship, Brittany Beresford married her Prince Charming and looked forward to living happily ever after. Five years later, she's been reduced to a not-quite-desperate housewife, with a husband who spends more time flossing his teeth than holding meaningful conversations with her.

Coming to terms with advancing dementia, Mary has no choice other than to move into her daughter’s home. Her daughter, Kayla, caught between her cognitively impaired mother and her belligerent teenage son, soon finds caregiving is more challenging than she imagined. Sage, the family’s golden retriever, offers comfort and unconditional love, but she has her own problems, especially when it comes to dealing with Mary’s cat.

In cosmopolitan Johannesburg, three high-flying couples form the core of the elite Khula Society: part investment group, part social club, with meetings where the champagne flows, the dresses are designer and the one-upmanship is off the scale. Noma, Moshidi, Lerato and their husbands are living the dream—or so it appears from the outside. In reality, the cut and thrust of ‘keeping up with the Khulas’ is taking its toll on all three couples.

Joy Bergman is not slipping into old age with the quiet grace her children, Molly and Daniel, would prefer. She won't take their advice, and she won't take an antidepressant. Her marriage to their father, Aaron, has lasted through health and dementia, as well as some phenomenally lousy business decisions. The Bergman clan has always stuck together, growing as it incorporated in-laws, ex-in-laws, and same-sex spouses. But families don't just grow, they grow old.

Two friends embark on a car ride that puts them on the road to reconnection and holiday cheer. The only reason Topaz is flying back into her hometown for the second time in a decade is because her job is forcing her to use the rest of her PTO time before the year is over. And how convenient is it she's landing back during the week of the town's 75th anniversary of the Sunflower Falls Holiday Festival.

Manchmal braucht man … nichts als Liebe. Macy führt ein Leben, in dem sie keine großen Gefühle riskieren muss. Sie ist mit einem netten Mann zusammen, den sie heiraten wird, und versinkt in ihrer Arbeit als Kinderärztin. Dann läuft ihr Elliot über den Weg – der ihre erste Liebe war. Schon bald bekommt Macys sorgsam errichtete Fassade Risse. Denn einst bedeutete Elliot ihr die ganze Welt – bis er ihr für alle Zeiten das Herz brach.

يصرُّ "علي" على الزواج من أحلام ابنة خالته رغم غضب أبيه وإخوته من ذلك لا بسبب سلوك الفتاة الذي لا يعجبهم فحسب، ولكن بسبب الخلاف القديم بين أمّه وخالته، الأمر الذي أجبر الأمَّ أن توصي قبل موتها بعدم الاقتراب من أختها وابنتها أبدًا! لكنَّ علي يصرُّ على كسر وصيّة أمّه والزواج من أحلام فأين سينتهي به المطاف ؟ وهل هي لعنة الاقتراب من هذه العائلة أم هو غضب الأم في قبرها؟

My Real Estate Nightmare has been hailed as "hilarious and clever" by critics. It describes the true story of real estate broker Bob Boog's attempt to help out a pony-loving California homeowner who rented out half her house to a family from her church - thinking they'd be good tenants. However, shortly after moving in, the tenants filed a restraining order against the owner and stopped paying rent.