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Series
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English
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"Shay Benson adored her younger brother, Caden, and that got her into trouble. When he owed money, Shay realized she would do anything to help him avoid the men who were threatening him, and she crossed lines she never should have crossed. Now, determined to start fresh, she finds herself in search of a place to stay and wanders into a church to escape from the cold. Pastor Drew Douglas adored his wife. But when he lost her, it was all he could do...
2) 1985
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (85 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Having been gone for three years, closeted advertising executive Adrian (Cory Michael Smith, “Gotham”) returns to his Texas hometown for the holidays during the first wave of the AIDS crisis. Burdened with an unspeakable tragedy in New York City, Adrian looks to reconnect with his preteen brother Andrew (Aidan Langford) while navigating his relationship with religious parents Eileen (Academy Award Nominee Virginia Madsen) and Dale (Golden Globe...
Author
Series
Amgash novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Lucy Barton is recovering slowly from what should have been a simple operation. Her mother, to whom she hasn't spoken for many years, comes to see her. Gentle gossip about people from Lucy's childhood in Amgash, Illinois, seems to reconnect them, but just below the surface lie the tension and longing that have informed every aspect of Lucy's life: her escape from her troubled family, her desire to become a writer, her marriage, her love for her two...
Series
Pub. Date
[2013?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Nederlands
Description
When a handsome exchange student named Veit arrives for a two-week stay with the dysfunctional van End family, each household member confronts his or her own insecurities, doubts, fears, and desires, led by the former wallflower Eva, who embarks on the most dramatic transformation of all.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (93 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Manny, Joel, and Jonah tear their way through childhood and push against the volatile love of their parents. As Manny and Joel grow into versions of their father and Ma dreams of escape, Jonah embraces an imagined world all on his own.
7) After class
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A dysfunctionally-functional family attempts to work together to support their grandmother during her final days.
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 292 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jeff, aka Mr. Pickles, is an icon of children's television, who for the last three decades has been a beacon of kindness and optimism to children and adults alike. But when his family life starts to unravel, Jeff discovers that keeping it all together isn't as easy as one-two-three. The result: a kind man in a cruel world facing a slow leak of sanity that asks the question, can one keep a good man down?
9) Paris, Texas
Series
Criterion collection volume 501
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (145 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
After having been missing for four years and presumed dead, Travis emerges from the desert near the Texas-Mexico border and collapses at a gas station. His younger brother, Walt, a billboard artist, takes him to Walt's Los Angeles home where Travis' son, Hunter, has lived with Walt and Walt's wife, Anne, since Travis and his wife, Jane, disappeared. Travis reestablishes a relationship with Hunter, finds Jane and brings about a reunion between Jane...
10) Knives out
Language
English
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Formats
Description
A tribute to mystery mastermind Agatha Christie and a fun, modern-day murder mystery where everyone is a suspect. When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth...
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximtely 121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Steven, a charismatic surgeon, is forced to make an unthinkable sacrifice after his life starts to fall apart, when the behavior of a teenage boy he has taken under his wing turns sinister.
12) The beaver
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A troubled family man and executive adopts a beaver hand-puppet as his sole means of communicating.
13) Magnolia
Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 189 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"A mosaic of American life woven through a series of comic and poignant vignettes. Through a collusion of coincidence, chance, human action, shared media, past history and divine intervention, nine people will weave and warp through each other's lives on a day that builds to an unforgettable climax."--Container.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 90 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A Gothic story of four siblings who, after the death of their father, are torn from a peaceful life and subjected to abuse resulting from a dark, family secret. Abandoned by their mother and forced to endure unimaginable treatment living in the attic of their grandparents' mansion, the children form their own family unit. But as the oldest boy and girl come of age, they are entrapped by their family's sordid past as they try to survive and escape...
Language
English
Formats
Description
Olive is a little girl who dreams of winning the Little Miss Sunshine contest. Her family wants her dream to come true, but they are so dysfunctional that they can barely make it through a day without some disaster befalling them. Olive's father, Richard, is unsuccessful as a motivational speaker. He is barely on speaking terms with Olive's mother. Her uncle Frank has attempted suicide following an unsuccessful romance with a male graduate student....
20) House of D
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An American man living in Paris recalls his adolescence in New York City with his depressed widowed mother and other people that made an impression on his life.
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