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"One day a young couple wakes to find a boy asleep on their porch. Unable to speak, the boy cannot explain his history. What kind of people would leave their child with strangers? All John and Marta know is that they have been chosen to care for this boy. As their connection to him grows, they embrace his exuberant spirit and talents. The three of them blossom into an unlikely family, but how long can their happiness last?"-- From dust jacket flap....
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2014
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Thousands of books have examined the effects of parents on their children. In asking, what are the effects of children on their parents, journalist Jennifer Senior analyzes the many ways in which children reshape their parents' lives, whether it's their marriages, their jobs, their habits, their hobbies, their friendships, or their internal senses of self. She argues that changes in the last half century have radically altered the roles of today's...
4) Sea wife
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2020.
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"Juliet is failing to juggle motherhood and her stalled-out dissertation on confessional poetry when her husband, Michael, informs her that he wants to leave his job and buy a sailboat. With their two kids -- Sybil, age seven, and George, age two -- Juliet and Michael set off for Panama, where their forty-four foot sailboat awaits them. The initial result is transformative; the marriage is given a gust of energy, Juliet emerges from her depression,...
7) This is 40
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c2013
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Sexual content, crude humor, pervavsive language and some drug material.
A look at the lives of Pete and Debbie a few years after the events of Knocked Up, the 2007 comedy. After years of marriage, Pete and Debbie are approaching a milestone meltdown. As they try to balance romance, careers, parents and children in their own hilarious ways, they must also figure out how to enjoy the rest of their lives. This Is 40 is a candid and heartwarming comedy...
8) This is 40
Pub. Date
2013
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A look at the lives of Pete and Debbie a few years after the events of Knocked Up, the 2007 comedy. After years of marriage, Pete and Debbie are approaching a milestone meltdown. As they try to balance romance, careers, parents and children in their own hilarious ways, they must also figure out how to enjoy the rest of their lives. THIS IS 40 is a candid and heartwarming comedy about the challenges and rewards of marriage and parenthood in the modern...
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2020.
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"From the author of Expecting Better, an economist's guide to the early years of parenting. With Expecting Better, award-winning economist Emily Oster spotted a need in the pregnancy market for advice that gave women the information they needed to make the best decision for their own pregnancies. By digging into the data, Oster found that much of the conventional pregnancy wisdom was wrong. In CRIBSHEET, she now tackles an even great challenge: decision...
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[2023]
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When civilization is destroyed by a worldwide pandemic, hardened survivor Joel is hired to take fourteen-year-old Ellie out of an oppressive quaratine zone. What should have been a quick job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey across a post-apocalypic United States, where no one can protect Joel or Ellie except each other
12) Neighbors
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2014
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After they are forced to live next to a fraternity house, a couple with a newborn baby do whatever they can to take them down.
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2025.
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Aged 6, Ignacio told his parents: “I am a girl, my name is Violeta.” Through the story of Violeta and her parents, we see the complexity of the process they face and the challenges they encounter. Violeta's story never stands alone in the film - other members of the LGBTQIA+ community, activists, friends and family share their experiences, fears and hopes. They all want one thing: more acceptance, more education and a right to make choices for...
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2022.
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Deciding whether to have a child is a deeply personal process. Deciding amid increasingly dire warnings for the planet makes it even more overwhelming. THE CLIMATE BABY DILEMMA explores how the long-held goals of entire generations are being thrown into flux by a warming planet, as a rising number of young people express discomfort with having children due to the existential threat of climate change.With the future promising to bring increasing instability,...
16) His Parents
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2024.
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HIS PARENTS tells the story of a couple whose child became a serial killer, sentenced for 87 murders. Can they still love their son in the face of this unforgivable guilt? Can parents ever truly stop loving their child?




