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"[S]hows how a simple hospital visit becomes a portal to the most tender relationship of all--the one between mother and daughter. 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...

Sam has been desperate for her Mom to be happily married for so long, and now she can help. The only problem? Sam needs to ask her dad to divorce her mom! Sounds complicated enough. Mix in Sam's dad being practically Houdini and there's a crazy family road trip!

Nona, a consummate 70-year-old Parisienne, a feminist, and a strong and committed single mother of 40-year-old triplets. She is confronted with the surprise of a lifetime she is pregnant! Despite her secret love affair with Andr,̌ a mature university professor, he is not the father. But who is, then? Nona's daughters decide to move back into the family apartment to support their mother and unravel this mystery, all while trying to navigate their...

Despairing at her three daughters' choices in men, an eccentric widow pays attorney Deke Gentry $100,000 to pair them up with pre-chosen mates.

A mother determined and completely focused on finding her estranged boyfriend ignores signs of her daughter's emotional trauma until she is finally taken by social services. As she fights to get her daughter back, she uncovers several unsettling dark truths about both her daughter and herself, which aids her in becoming the mother she should have always been.

Harper, an eleven-year-old girl finds her life shattered when her single father dies suddenly. Forced to live on a dilapidated farm with an Aunt she's never met, Harper must adjust to her new reality. However, just as she settles in, Isabella, her rich Southern Bell mother appears to claim the child she abandoned at birth. Faced with an uncertain future this young girl inspires us all with her resiliency and determination in the face of secrets, lies,...

Faith attempts to navigate the disillusion of her marriage, while taking on an emotionally wrenching legal medical case involving a gravely ill young boy. Into this mix, Faith is confronted by a terrible and long buried figure from her past: her mother.

A conservative, refined mother magically changes place with her thirteen-year old daughter for one day.

While grieving the loss of her husband, a financially struggling widow meets a race car driver.

Hollywood star Vanessa Windsor is saved from a terrible on-set accident by handsome studio extra Chris Farley. In appreciation of his skills and good looks, she sets him up as the caretaker of her beach house. When Vanessa's sultry daughter meets Chris, the claws come out as both ladies try to stake out his affections.