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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The seven Shaw siblings have long been haunted by two early and profoundly consequential events. Told in turn back and forth over time, from the early twentieth century through the 1950s, each sibling relays their own version of the memories that surround both their mother's mysterious death and the circumstances leading up to and beyond one sister's scandalous teenage pregnancy. As they move into adulthood, the siblings assume various new roles:...
2) Hope floats
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Birdee Pruitt has a life most people would envy. But when her cheating husband reveals his infidelity to her on a national TV talk show, her perfect life comes crashing down. Devastated, Birdee and her young daughter head home to the small town she left behind. As mother and daughter struggle to adjust to their new lives, Birdee slowly gains the strength to open her heart and find hope again.
3) Wild
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
A powerful, blazingly honest, inspiring memoir: the story of a 1,100 mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe--and built her back up again.
5) Big eyes
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Walter Keane became a worldwide celebrity and talk show fixture in the 1950s after he pioneered the mass production of prints of big-eyed kids, and used his marketing savvy to sell them cheaply. Unfortunately, he claimed to be the artist. That role was played by Margaret, his shy wife. The ruse broke up their marriage and led to a divorce and a dramatic courtroom battle to prove authorship of the paintings.
6) Serving Sara
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Joe is a process server. After several failed attempts to serve papers to various clients, Joe is able to persuade his boss to give him another chance with a high-profile client, a wealthy Texas cattle baron who has decided to divorce his wife and business partner, Sara. When Joe presents the divorce papers, she is shocked by the news, which would cost her her half of the fortune. Sara strikes a deal with Joe-- if he's willing to take back the papers,...
Publisher
PBS Kids
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Arthur and his friends have helped kids learn important life lessons for over 25 years! Celebrate the longest running children's animated series on television with this special collection of 30 Arthur stories that covers topics including divorce, adoption, dealing with physical disabilities, citizenship, death, and more. This set also includes all four episodes from Arthur's 25th anniversary season. Binky learns what it's like to be a news reporter,...
Series
Criterion collection volume 1038
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A New York couple hoping for an amicable divorce find themselves in a system that pits them against each other.
Publisher
Digiview Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Jamaican Inn: An Irish orphan girl goes to live with an uncle who is discovered to be involved in a group of smuggling highwaymen ravaging the area.
Sabotage: An undercover Scotland yard detective infiltrates the home of a theatre operator who is suspected of sabotage.
The 39 steps: Character Richard Hanney stumbles into a conspiracy that involves him in a hectic chase across the Scottish moors.
Easy virtue: A woman goes through a divorce and...
10) The rebound
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Sandy catches her husband fooling around with her friend, she packs up the kids, moves to Manhattan, and starts a new life. Desperately needing a babysitter, Sandy turns to a handsome coffee shop clerk named Aram. Soon, unexpected sparks are flying between Sandy and her new 'nanny,' who also happens to be twenty years younger! Falling in love and freaking out, Sandy must decide if her feelings for Aram are real or is Aram catching her on 'the...
11) The past
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
Français
Description
When Ahmad returns to Paris from the Middle East to finalize his divorce, he discovers troubling secrets behind his wife's request to end their marriage.
12) Hope floats
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
A former small-town Texas beauty queen discovers that her husband is having an affair with her best friend live on TV. Completely humiliated she returns to her home town with her daughter.
13) Wild
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A powerful, blazingly honest, inspiring memoir: the story of a 1,100 mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe--and built her back up again.
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Nick, a career salesman who loses his wife and his job in the worst day of his life. Faced with his life imploding, Nick puts it all on the line, or, rather, on the lawn, as he moves himself and all his possessions to his front yard. Special features included.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2004.
Language
English
Description
Miles Massey is a high-powered Los Angeles divorce lawyer nearing a midlife crisis. While representing his wealthy client Rex Rexroth, Miles meets his match in Rex's gold-digging wife, Marilyn. He's impressed by her similarly heartless ways of using marriage to fuel an expensive lifestyle, but Miles still manages to defeat her in court. With Marilyn looking to get her revenge and Miles finding himself attracted to her, the two engage in a ruthless...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
A perfect 18-year marriage suddenly becomes unglued. Rather than just get divorced, Oliver and Barbara Rose declare war, fighting to the bitter end over their huge mansion and every possession in it. Not even the calculating guidance of Oliver's lawyer can stop this uncompromising twosome as their vicious battle sends them on an increasingly dark and dangerous path.
18) The goodbye girl
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
The story of a divorcee, Paula McFadden, who begins a new life with her daughter, Lucy. Paula's life is thrown for an even bigger loop when an egotistical actor, Elliot Garfield, sublets her Manhattan apartment from her wayward boyfriend. Despite their initial hostility, this unlikely pair discovers romance as they help each other cope with the hardships of life in the big city.
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