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Publisher
Milestone Film and Video
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Nancy Savoca's star-studded indie gem Household Saints is a chronicle of a spirited Italian American New York family that perfectly balances humor, tragedy, and pathos. Joseph Santangelo is a butcher with a wicked sense of humor who 'wins' his wife Catherine in a pinochle game. Over the protests of his mother who talks to ghosts and makes deals with saints, Joseph marries Catherine. When the old lady dies, her spirit is channeled into her granddaughter...
Author
Series
Publisher
Titania
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
Still reeling from her mother’s death, Carol embarks on their mother-daughter trip to Positano, Italy, alone, where she encounters her mother in the flesh at thirty years old and must reconcile the mother who knew everything with this young woman who does not yet have a clue.
Author
Publisher
AmazonCrossing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Struggling with the unexpected loss of her mother, Phoenix Yuan-Whyller brings her mother's ashes back to her homeland of China, on what at first seems like a daughter's quest to uncover a mother's secrets, but soon becomes a startling journey of self-discovery.
7) La aventura
Author
Publisher
Plaza Janés/Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, S. A. U
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Rose McCarthy es la legendaria directora de la revista Mode. Tras la muerte de su esposo, ha estrechado la relación con sus cuatro hijas. Todas tienen carreras de éxito: Athena es una conocida chef televisiva; Venetia es diseñadora de moda; Olivia, jueza de un tribunal superior; y Nadia, la más joven, es diseñadora de interiores en París. Nadia considera que su vida es perfecta: está casada con el aclamado autor Nicolas Bateau, que la adora...
Author
Publisher
The Monacelli Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Cherry Hill is a multimedia memoir of photographic artist Jona Frank's upbringing in--and flight from--a stifling suburban household. Told in words and evocative photographs, Frank's account of her childhood struggles with a repressive mother, mentally ill brother, and overwhelming expectations is leavened with episodes from her rich interior world. Akin to a graphic novel, this hybrid of personal essay and photography breaks open the memoir format,...
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