Meryl Streep
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Recalling the past at her daughters' request, Lara tells the story of a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance, which causes her daughters to examine their own lives and reconsider the world and everything they thought they knew.
"In the spring of 2020, Lara's three daughters return to the family's orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the story of Peter Duke, a famous actor...
4) Prime
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Rafi is a recently divorced 37-year-old Manhattan career woman. She meets Dave, a talented 23-year-old painter from Brooklyn, and the two fall in love. Told from everyone's point-of-view, including friends, relatives, and Rafi's therapist, Lisa. Unbeknownst to Rafi, Lisa just so happens to be Dave's mother.
5) The Post
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
This historical drama is based on the events surrounding the release of the Pentagon Papers, documents which detailed the history of the United States' political and military involvement in Vietnam. The story centers on Kay Graham, the first female newspaper publisher in the country (specifically of the Washington Post), as well as her tough editor, Ben Bradlee. The two become involved in an unprecedented power struggle between journalists and the...
6) Evening
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Overcome by the power of memory, Ann Lord reveals a long-held secret to her concerned daughters. Constance is a content wife and mother. Nina is a restless single woman. Both are bedside when Ann calls out for the man she loved more than any other. But her daughters wonder who Harris is and what is his relation to their mother? Constance and Nina try to take stock of Ann's life as their mother is tended to by a night nurse as she journeys into her...
Series
Publisher
Distributed by New Video Group
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
Chrysanthemum: Chrysanthemum thinks her name is absolutely perfect - until the kids at school make fun of her. It takes a special friend to change her classmates' minds. Owen: Owen isn't happy when his parents won't let him bring Fuzzy, his beloved yellow blanket, to school. Luckily, Owen's mother has the perfect solution. A Weekend with Wendell: Sleepovers are usually fun, but spending a weekend with Wendell is anything but fun and games. Sophie...
8) The Hours
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Language
English
Description
In 1929, Virginia Woolf is starting to write her novel, 'Mrs. Dalloway,' under the care of a doctor. In 1951, Laura Brown is planning for her husband's birthday, but is preoccupied with reading . In 2001, Clarrisa Vaughn is planning an award party for her friend, an author dying of AIDS. Taking one day, all three stories are interconnected with the novel: one is writing it, one is reading it and one is living it.