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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. .

Darcy has invited the Bennets and the Bingleys to spend the Christmastide’s festive days at Pemberley. But as he and Elizabeth journey to their estate to join the gathered families, a blizzard blankets the English countryside. The Darcys find themselves stranded at a small inn while Pemberley is inundated with refugees seeking shelter from the storm. Without her brother’s strong presence, Georgiana Darcy tries desperately to manage the chaos surrounding the arrival of six invited guests and 11 unscheduled visitors.

To all appearances, John Wilder has all the trappings of success, circa 1960: a promising career in advertising, a loving family, a beautiful apartment, even a country home. John’s evenings are spent with associates at quiet Manhattan lounges and his weekends with friends at glittering cocktail parties. But something deep within this seemingly perfect life has long since gone wrong.

Liverpool, 1945. Three women, the strongest of friends, return home, trying to fit back into their old lives after they've been demobbed. They've been thrown together by the war and shared all sorts of good and bad times. Now their old lives seem dull in comparison. But not for long.... Maggie and Nell are both 21 and full of hope and excitement. Iris, on the other hand, is feeling apprehensive about returning to civilian life. At the age of 30, her only wish is to have a baby, but sadly this wish is yet to come true.

Maria ha quindici anni, vive in un paesino dell'Appennino centro meridionale d'Italia e mantiene se stessa e l'anziano padre malato facendo la bracciante nei campi dei signori, un lavoro incerto e molto gravoso, fino a quando non viene assunta come acquaiola nella casa di don Francesco, il signorotto del paese, con il compito di recarsi più volte al giorno e con qualunque tempo alla fonte, che dista tre chilometri dal paese, per rifornire la famiglia di acqua.

When new next-door neighbors Georgia, Midge, and Lula first assembled on Georgia's porch in Charleston for sweet tea, they couldn't have known their gathering was the beginning of a treasured tradition. For 26 years they have met on Tuesdays at four o'clock, watching the seasons change and their children grow up, supporting each other in good times and in bad. With their ambitions as different as their personalities, these best friends anticipate many more years of tea time.

Campania, fine Ottocento. 'A Piccerella, ingenua e credulona per natura, lavora a servizio per un'aristocratica famiglia napoletana, in cui il padrone, detto Mascariello, e anche suo figlio, soprannominato Zufolo, approfittano ripetutamente della sua innocenza e delle sue grazie con il benestare della moglie del primo, la Libbardèra, da sempre al corrente dei tradimenti del marito. Tutto cambia quando la ragazza scopre di essere incinta, senza che si conosca l'identità del padre.

Incontrarsi quando il dolore è così prepotente che non concede spazio alle regole, fa sì che tra Manrico e Miriam nasca un'amicizia profonda e senza filtri, un'intimità priva di cose non dette e infine un amore straordinario.

Montréal, mars 2020. Evangéline et Mathéo ont le coeur brisé par la perte de leur bébé, né prématurément. Incapable de surmonter sa peine, Evangéline sombre dans la neurasthénie. C'est alors que Mathéo est convoqué chez un notaire : Cyriac, un mystérieux grand-oncle, lui lègue un ancien presbytère à Val Roussillon, en Abitibi. Intrigué, le jeune couple se rend sur place. La propriété reçue en héritage est superbe, sise sur un promontoire rocheux depuis 1945. En effectuant des travaux, Mathéo retrouve le journal intime du curé Augustin Davignon, l'énigmatique premier propriétaire.

Wegen einer OP ihres Vaters muss sich die Hamburger Hotelmanagerin Marieke um die familieneigene Pension auf Juist kümmern. Überrascht erkennt sie, dass die Leitung des kleinen Gästehauses eine echte Herausforderung darstellt. Hier zählt ein offenes Ohr für die Gäste mehr als ein perfekter Service. Zudem hat Marieke mit der Beziehung zum Vater zu kämpfen, der ihr eine Mitschuld am Tod der Mutter gibt. Die ungewöhnlichen Behandlungsmethoden des attraktiven Inselarztes Dr. Siemon machen die Situation nicht einfacher.

You can always count on a crowd outside Heads by Harry, the Yagyuu family's taxidermy shop in Hilo, where the regulars gather every day to drink beer, eat smoked meat, and pontificate into the pau hana hours. But above the shop, where the family lives, life isn't so predictable. Toni Yagyuu, the middle child, has enough on her hands dealing with her budding diva of a little sister. But it is the men in her life that really have her running in circles

La Marie Tremblaypierre aprofita la bonança de l'estiu quebequès per organitzar una trobada familiar a l'antic xalet de vacances. L'excusa de celebrar el setanta-sisè aniversari és forçada, però les filles i el fill no s'hi capfiquen: rememorar els banys al llac i reviure la infantesa els sembla una bona idea per retrobar-se al cap de tant de temps. Hi duen les famílies respectives, o el que en queda, però també els seus secrets, les seves vivències i, sobretot, els silencis de les coses que no es van dir quan tocava.

Cinque storie di solitudine e maternità mancate. Il tentativo impossibile di accogliere e comprendere una bambina rom. La formula alchemica di un'iniziazione sessuale infantile e perversa. La storia dell'amante perfetta, che dopo aver lasciato il suo uomo inizia a frequentare clandestinamente i suoi bambini. Un'insegnante universitaria seduce intellettualmente due allievi, un ragazzo e sua sorella, e li invita a mettere ordine nella sua biblioteca di campagna: scopriranno una famiglia squinternata e devastata. Il rapporto tra un cane vecchio e un cucciolo.

Drei Schwestern treffen sich in der Wohnung der Mutter. Die zielstrebige Mercedes ist 48, die flatterhafte Mira ist 32, und Matea, die noch zuhause lebt, ist 16. Ihre Mutter Mone hat sich das Leben genommen und nur wenig hinterlassen: alten Schmuck, die Katze Muriel und einen Brief. Als drei Kinder aus drei Generationen sind sie mit der gleichen Frau aufgewachsen, aber nicht gemeinsam.

Raised by their mother, a bar owner in Bolohead Row, Honolulu's red-light district, they each face issues of varying addictions. Charlie, the newly divorced stepson, works a dead-end job in an ABC store and spends nights at his mother's bar singing karaoke. Mark is a shut-in who occupies all of his waking hours playing a computer game called Everquest. Within 24 hours of being out of prison, Winnie, the eldest, has a boyfriend, money, and enough drugs to send her back for life. Dangerous people are searching for her, and Charlie is unwittingly swept into her turmoil.

From the acclaimed author of Ninety-Two in the Shade and Cloudbursts—the stories of Gallatin Canyon are rich in the wit, compassion, and matchless language for which Thomas McGuane is celebrated. Set mostly in famed Big Sky Country, McGuane brings us an "astonishing" (The New York Times Book Review) collection in which place exerts the power of destiny.

Joe Starling, a man teetering on the edge of spectacular failures—as an artist, rancher, lover, and human being—is also a man of noble ambitions. His struggle to right himself is mesmerizing, hilarious, and profoundly moving.

These stories attest to the generous compass of Thomas McGuane's fellow feeling, as well as to his unique way with words. In this collection, filled with grace and humor, the ties of family make for uncomfortable binds: A devoted son is horrified to discover his mother's antics before she slipped into dementia, and a father's outdoor skills are no match for a change in the weather. But complications arise equally in the absence of blood, as when lifelong friends on a fishing trip finally confront their deep dislike for each other.

Nello scenario austero e bellissimo delle isole Sakhalin si consuma il dramma dell'uccisione delle balene che fa da sfondo a una complessa relazione familiare.

Ibla, 1884. A Palazzo Chiaramonte, una notte di maggio porta con sé due nascite anziché una soltanto. Fortunato, abbandonato davanti al portone, e Giuditta, l'ultima fimmina di quattro sorelle. Figlia del marchese Romualdo, tutto silenzi, assenze e donne che non si contano più, e di sua moglie Ottavia, dall'aria patibolare e la flemma altera, è proprio lei a segnare l'inizio di questa storia.