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After the death of her daughter, Julie housesits the Mailbu home of her aunt and uncle where she finds herself drawn to Roberto, the handsome man who oversees the lemon orchard and whose daughter was lost but never found.

Explora los temores callados de cada mamá--el temor a perder su hijo, y el temor que el hijo crezca sin conocerla.

When her husband is incarcerated for his involvement in a tragic home invasion, Patty Dickerson must raise their newborn child in a community that is sometimes hostile to her, all the while struggling to maintain her dignity.

"Jen has dumped Andy, and he's handling the breakup in exactly the way all his friends and family might have expected: very, very badly. Crashing at his mother's house and obsessively photographing his hairline, Andy embraces the rites and rituals of every breakup -- the ill-advised decision to move onto a houseboat, the forced merriment of a lads' night out, the accidental late-night text to the ex -- all resulting in a never-ending shame spiral....

In New York City, follows the breakup of teenaged best friends Cleo and Layla, told in alternating timelines. It's been twenty-seven days since Cleo and Layla's friendship imploded. Cleo realizes they'll never be besties again., and she wants to erase every memory, good or bad, that tethers her to her ex-best friend. But when Cleo is assigned to be Layla's tutor, their turbulent past comes back to haunt them both. -- adapted from jacket

During his college years, the very family solidarity that allows Francisco to survive as a child is tested. Not only must he leave his family when his goes to Santa Clara University, but while Francisco is there, his father abandons the family and returns to Mexico.