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Jonathan was nine when his mother Sid vanished from his life and it was not until he was a promising writer when he finally reconnected with his beloved parent. But the woman he'd known as "Sid" had morphed into an elegant man named Sydney. In the decade following this discovery, Jonathan made regular pilgrimages from Toronto to visit Sydney, who now lived quietly in his native Trinidad. And on each visit, Jonathan struggled to overcome his confusion...
62) Room to breathe
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Daphne Witt's relationship with her daughter Ellery only becomes more complicated as Daphne starts dating one of Ellery's ex-boyfriends and Ellery lets an online flirtation go to far.
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The Baby Boomers are the most affluent generation of all time and their children are bound not to be. Home ownership is more difficult. Saving and investing are more challenging. How do you help your child financially and protect yourself in the process? This book identifies the key strategies to lend a helping hand and ensure you are not vulnerable. It guides families in establishing clear approaches to assistance so parents are legally and financially...
65) Darrow & Darrow
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"Claire Darrow is a single mom and a lawyer, who always wants to do right. When a close friend is convicted of stealing from an expensive jewelry store, it's up to Claire to bring justice."--www.imdb.com.
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"Ivan is a tightly wound philosophy professor whose reverence for logic and order governs not only his academic interests, but also his closest relationships. His wife, Prue, is quite the opposite: a pioneer in the emerging field of biolinguistics, she is young and beautiful, full of life and feeling. Thus far, they have managed to weather their differences. But lately, an odd distance has settled in between them. Might it have something to do with...
68) The buried giant
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"An elderly Briton couple sets off across a troubled land of mist and rain with hopes of finding the son they have not seen in years"--Provided by publisher.
69) Momma's man
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One of the most acclaimed films of this year's Sundance Film Festival, Azazel Jacobs' third feature is both a tribute to his parents (and to the lost New York of his childhood) and an acutely perceptive, deeply personal take on a universal experience: the fear of growing up.
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A grandfather who lives abroad returns home to visit his adult children. The son is a failure. The daughter is having a baby with the wrong man. Only the grandfather is perfect-- at least, according to himself. But over the course of ten intense days, relationships unfold and painful memories resurface. The grandfather is confronted by his past. The daughter is faced with an impossible choice. The son tries to write himself free. Something has to...
77) Hotel Salvation
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Faced with his father's untimely and bizarre demand to die in the holy city of Varanasi and attain Salvation, a son is left with no choice but to embark on this journey. Winner of the Best Film Award at the **New York Indian Film Festival.** Official Selection at the **Venice International Film Festival.** *"...this highly impressive debut considers mortality with a wry compassion that's rare for such a young director." - David Parkinson, **Empire...
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In July 1976 during a terrible heatwave in London Gretta Riordan's husband, Robert, tells her he is going out to buy a newspaper but never returns. His disappearance has a lasting effect on both Gretta and her three grown children - each of whom have different ideas as to where Robert has gone. The family's journey back to Connemara, Ireland brings important revelations.
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