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Now that her brood had left the nest, Fanny McBride, a large, cheerful and indomitable Tyneside widow, had time to sit by her window and watch the goings-on outside. There was plenty to keep her occupied: the mystery of the new woman at Mulhattan's Hall, the tenement block (here a fortnight already and not so much as a hello); the long-standing feud with Mrs Flannagan; after-school visits from her grandson Corny. But Fanny had any intention of ending her days in lonely isolation. So when her friend Mary fell sick and couldn't work, it was Fanny who took her place.

When Isla, a 65-year-old grandmother, is left nothing but an old painting in her mother’s will, while her sisters and aunt inherit the estate, she is devastated. Close to retirement, getting ready to live on her own terms, the last thing she expects at this time of her life is such turmoil. So, to find an explanation for her mother’s rejection, she embarks on a road-trip.

In the hilltop villa with its spectacular views across rolling countryside to the straits of Gibraltar, Lucy anxiously awaits the arrival of her brother and sister. They're spending the weekend together to say farewell to Casa de Sueños, the house in the mountains of Southern Spain where they grew up. Her sister, Jo, landing at the airport with her fractious four-year-old, dreads the prospect of this time with her family, fulfilling their mother's last instructions that they celebrate her birthday party together.

When Hope’s only son Paul met and married Elodie, Hope was delighted that he had found love and was settling down to make his own family. Hope has loved bringing up her own child, and is happy to step in and help out now and again – but is always worried about overstepping the line between grandmother and mother.

Amy, Anne, Kate and Jane were best friends at school. But now, as they approach their 60th birthdays, their lives have taken them in different directions. Successful, dissatisfied, seeking something different in equal measure, they know that life is not always easy. So when Amy invites the other three to her beautiful villa in Majorca for a long celebratory reunion weekend, each of them is drawn by curiosity...and each has a reason for wanting to get away from home for a while.

Zoe est aux anges : Ethan et elle vont se marier. Entre l'accro à Noël et son Scrooge, c'est l'amour fou, et le projet qui les attend va l'être encore plus : s'unir pendant les fêtes de fin d'année. Pendant un an, Zoe s'est donnée corps et âme pour pré - parer la cérémonie de ses rêves. Alors, lorsque le couple s'apprête à rejoindre Snowflakes Garden à quelques jours des noces, tout est réglé comme du papier à musique… à un détail près.

Après le succès de "Celle qui a dit fuck". Moi, c'est Alice. Maman, working girl, épouse, sœur, copine, GO (grincheuse organisatrice), taxi, infirmière, mouchoir géant... Ma vie ressemble à celle d'une super woman, les strass, les paillettes et la reconnaissance en moins. Telle une funambule sur le fil de la vie, j'essaye de trouver l'équilibre entre mon boulot (aussi éprouvant qu'un épisode de Game of Thrones), mes filles, que j'aime plus que tout au monde (surtout le lundi, le mardi, le jeudi et le vendredi, quand elles sont à l'école).

Tessa is a 37-year-old real estate agent living in Montreal. She adores her husband and three young sons, but she’s deeply unhappy and questioning the set of choices that have led to her present life. After a surprising run-in with Francis, her ex-boyfriend and first love, Tessa arranges to see him. During the three days before their meeting, she goes about her daily life. As the day of her meeting with Francis draws closer, she has to decide if she is willing to disrupt her stable, loving family life for an uncertain future with him.

« Une place pour chaque chose et chaque chose à sa place. » Telle est la devise de Sarah, qui s'est efforcée de construire sa vie en accord avec ce principe simple, à force de Post-it et de to-do lists. Mais dans ce mécanisme en apparence bien huilé se cache un grain de sable qui pourrait tout faire basculer…

Ein Neuanfang am Meer. Diagnose: Burn-out! Der erfolgreiche Anwalt Maik Zengler muss einsehen, dass sein Leben auf der Überholspur in Berlin so nicht weitergehen kann. Außerdem hat er nach dem Tod seiner älteren Schwester das Sorgerecht für seine Nichte Michelle und seinen Neffen Jacob übernommen. Also beschließt er, sich völlig neu zu orientieren und in den kleinen Küstenort Lichterhaven zu ziehen. Doch das neue Leben im Einfamilienhaus, mit Garten und dem quirligen Airedale-Terrier-Mädchen Finchen fällt ihnen allen nicht leicht.

Bad Reichenhall, 1911. Als reicher Mann kehrt Michael Schwarzenberg nach Bad Reichenhall zurück. Und auch wenn Anna nun verheiratet und Mutter eines Sohnes ist, fühlen sich die beiden noch immer zueinander hingezogen. Michael will um seine wahre und einzige Liebe kämpfen. Für Anna aber steht viel mehr auf dem Spiel: Folgt sie ihrem Herzen, könnte sie ihren Sohn verlieren. Doch ist sie bereit, für den Rest ihres Lebens eine Lüge zu leben?