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Series
Criterion collection ; 976
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Français
Description
"Two luminaries of French cinema, Claire Denis and Juliette Binoche, unite for the first time in this piercing look at the elusive nature of true love, and the extent to which we are willing to betray ourselves in its pursuit. Binoche plays Isabelle, a successful painter in Paris whose apparent independence belies what she desires most: real romantic fulfillment. Isabelle reveals deep wells of yearning, vulnerability, and resilience as she tumbles...
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Français
Description
"Ghosted by her hunky twenty-something lover, Claire, a middle-aged professor and single mom, creates a fake Facebook profile to do a little undetected online snooping. But when her 24-year-old avatar "Clara" is friended by her ex's equally attractive roommate, superficial correspondence quickly escalates towards intense intimacy and uncontrollable obsession." --
404) A Christmas Karen
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Karen is an entitled middle-aged woman whose demanding nature has alienated her neighbors and family. After a series of incidents displaying her privilege and prejudice, Karen receives an 'intervention' by some unconventional spirits." --
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Español
Description
"The story of Teresa, a 54 year old woman who works as a domestic employee in a family home in Buenos Aires. For decades she has taken refuge in the routine of her tasks, but now that the family has decided to sell the house, her life begins to totter." --
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The people of fourteenth-century Florence, Italy, starving after years of bad weather and natural disasters, now face the Black Plague but twelve-year-old Maria is determined to survive. Includes historical note, glossary, and discussion questions.
408) The Hot Flashes
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
An unlikely basketball team of unappreciated middle-aged Texas women, all former high school champs, challenge the high school girls' state champs to a series of games to raise money for breast cancer prevention.
409) Summertime
Series
Criterion collection ; 22
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A lonely, middle-aged secretary travels to Venice on a vacation with the secret hope of falling in love.
410) Breezy
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A free-spirited young woman helps an older man learn to love again.
"[A] mismatched pair ... eventually find common ground. Successful businessman Frank Harmon, disillusioned after a bitter divorce, thinks he can shut out the pain by isolating himself at his beach house. But when free-spirited Breezy appears on his doorstep, Frank is unable to turn her away."--Container.
412) Io sono l'amore
Series
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
Italiano
Description
The wealthy Recchi family has undergone sweeping changes. Eduardo Sr. has named a successor to the reins of his company, and surprised everyone by splitting power between his son Tancredi and grandson Edo. But Edo had always dreamed of opening a restaurant with his friend Antonio. To make matters worse, the very foundation of the entire family may be totally shattered after Tancredi's wife Emma falls deeply in love with Antonio and begins a passionate...
414) Matasha
Author
Publisher
Ig Kids
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"It's 1970's Chicago. Eleven-year-old Matasha Wax is in the sixth grade and just starting to feel the pressures of growing up. Her best friend Jean has been blowing her off, while her parents are in a standoff over her mother's desire to adopt a refugee from Vietnam. And while the bullies in school have started to grow breasts and inches, Matasha remains a puny four-foot-four--which means she will need growth hormone shots, and she is terrified of...
415) Gloria
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
"An ex-gun moll and showgirl is suddenly forced to protect a child whose parents have been rubbed out by the mob." --
Publisher
Barrington Public Library
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Hello, My Name is Doris: When Doris Miller meets John Fremont sparks fly-at least for Doris. In the cluttered house she shared with her late mother. When Doris begins showing up at John's regular haunts, she wins over his Williamsburg friends. Her new life brings Doris a thrilling perspective, but also creates a rift between her and her longtime friends and family, who believe she's making a fool of herself over a guy half her age.
Lincoln: A revealing...
417) Horse trouble
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"There's nothing Kate loves more than being around horses. But her best friend is allergic to them, so Kate has to take riding lessons without her. Kate's forced to navigate some of life's hardships--like the mean girls at the stable who tease her and her body insecurities--all on her own. To make matters worse, Kate is continually falling off her horse. To Kate, her tween years feel like one unfair punishment after another. Can she get over it all...
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