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Tash has been searching for a story to launch her career as a freelance journalist, as well as new friends to help her navigate motherhood. The other mothers in her son's playgroup are sophisticated women who live in a neighborhood of tree-lined avenues and stunning houses. They welcome her into their circle, and Tash is quickly swept up into their wealthy world via coffees, cocktails, and playdates. When a young nanny is found dead-- and then anther...

Count down from ten as a boy gathers flowers for a bouquet for his mother.

When her mother, who disappeared 16 years before, reappears while a true crime documentary about her case is being filmed, 18-year-old Bel, not buying her mom's unbelievable story about what happened to her, must uncover the real reason Rachel Price is back from the dead.

The vehicles find their own special way to celebrate their mothers.

Un pajarito cae de su nido y va en busca de su madre. A baby bird falls from its nest and goes in search of his mother.

After their latest quest, Fart, Pan, Moxie, and TickTock return to the Great and Powerful Kevin to claim their reward--a chance for Pan to see her mother, who died many years ago. But bringing her mom back seems impossible. Is Kevin full of hot air? When our heroes sniff out the truth behind his secret plans, they unleash a terrifying danger that sends them on a nail-biting journey. Will their nose for trouble take them down for good? Or will they...

Yoshimoto juxtaposes two tales about mothers, love, tragedy, and the power of the kitchen and home in the lives of a pair of free-spirited young women in contemporary Japan. Mikage, the heroine of "Kitchen," is an orphan raised by her grandmother, who has passed away. Grieving, Mikaga is taken in by her friend Yoichi and his mother (who is really his cross-dressing father) Eriko. As the three of them form an improvised family that soon weathers its...

From the outside, Alicia, Jessica and Norah might seem like ordinary women you'd meet on the street any day of the week. Sure, Jessica has a little OCD and Norah has some anger issues. And Alicia has low self-esteem that manifests itself in surprising ways. But these three have a bond that no one can fully understand. It's a bond that takes them back decades, to when they were girls, and they lived on a farm with a foster mother named Miss Fairchild....

Felice se ha enterado de que es hija de La Llorona, el monstruo de la leyenda más famosa de la frontera de México y Estados Unidos. En esta fascinante aventura, la jovencita de doce años buscará revertir la maldición que ha caído sobre el mágico pueblo de Tres Leches y liberar a su madre, atrapada entre dos mundos. Felice has learned that she is the daughter of La Llorona, the monster of the most famous legend of the border of Mexico and the...

Ten-year-old Julia loves the mysteries of the ocean and marine biology, just like her scientist mother. Her family is spending the summer on a remote island where her mom is searching for the elusive Greenland shark, a creature that might be older than the trees, and so rare that it's only been seen a few times. But the ocean is reluctant to give up its secrets, and Julia tries not to worry as her mother returns disappointed at the end of each day....