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London, 1980'erne. På det berømte luksushotel Flanagans har de to veninder Elinor og Emma overtaget driften efter den forrige ejer, Linda Lansing. Drømmen er, at deres unge døtre, Frankie og Billie, engang vil overtage hotellet, men de har begge travlt med at finde deres egne veje – så langt væk fra Flanagans som muligt. På det personlige plan er både Elinor og Emma under pres, og dertil kommer, at en skamfuld hemmelighed ligger og ulmer mellem dem.

In den Highlands beginnt das Glück – mit Wolle, Mut und einem großen Wunsch Der Winter hat Callwell Castle fest im Griff. Bei einem Besuch in Glasgow sieht Maighread frierende Menschen ohne Zuhause. Spontan schenkt sie einer jungen Frau ihr warmes Tuch. Die Begegnung lässt Maighread nicht los, sie möchte helfen. Schnell reift ein Plan. Zusammen mit Chloe und Amely organisiert sie ein regelmäßiges Benefiz-Stricktreffen – das Ziel: die längste gestrickte Sockenleine der Welt. Der Rekordversuch sorgt für große Aufmerksamkeit. Doch dann trifft ein Schicksalsschlag Maighread hart.

Irgendwann wird es wieder aufwärtsgehen, davon ist Katie Malone überzeugt. Jetzt, hier bei ihrem Bruder in Virgin River, hofft sie, ein wenig Kraft für einen Neuanfang zu schöpfen. Dabei helfen ihr die intensiven Gespräche mit Dylan Childress, einem Sommergast, dem sie immer wieder begegnet.

Der Schauspieler Bruno und sein Freund Michael, Schriftsteller, lernen auf einer Bahnreise die junge Marietta kennen. Spontan nehmen sich Bruno und Michael ihrer an und begleiten sie bis nach Venedig, wo sie nach wenigen Tagen einfach verschwindet. Erst Jahre später begegnet Michael ihr auf einer Lesung wieder. Diese Begegnung ist der Beginn einer Fürsorge für eine traumatisierte Frau, deren Geschichte auch die Lebenswege von Michael und Bruno verändert.

Der 19-jährige Jonas hat mit beidem Probleme: dem Leben und der Erinnerung. Sein Germanistikstudium hat er gerade geschmissen, und der Konfrontation mit seiner schmerzhaften Vergangenheit weicht er aus. Seine erste Klientin ist die exzentrische alte Filmdiva Stella, die in ihrer Autobiografie ihr Leben glücklich und erfüllt darstellen will. Gemeinsam lernen die beiden, dass man jeden Tag so leben muss, als sei es der letzte. Damit man ein Leben führt, das unvergesslich ist.

Rebecca is happily married and content with her job in a London art gallery. But when tragedy strikes and her life comes crashing down around her, she flees to her childhood home in the country, hoping time will help her heal. Born in the same country town, Joe had a falling out with Rebecca and hasn’t seen or spoke to her in a decade. Now he’s the successful owner of a wine bar, and is breaking local hearts. Rebecca finds living with her parents again a challenge. Nor is it easy to discover that Joe lives and works too close for comfort.

Renata is a young dyke-about-town who can see ghosts, something she's doing more and more of lately as too many of her friends are dying of a new, terrifying disease. When Renata's best friend Mark dies of complications from AIDS, Renata is devastated by the loss of the person she loved most in the world. And to her disappointment and increasing despair, Mark seems unwilling or unable to return for the proper goodbye they both were denied.

The Mirror Whispers is that rare literary gem that manages to be both profoundly moving and genuinely magical without ever feeling contrived or saccharine. The story is a masterpiece that sounds like a lost collaboration between Ray Bradbury and Nicholas Sparks, filtered through the philosophical lens of Rod Serling's Twilight Zone.

Hi. I’m Amelia. I live in a tiny fishing village called Hook by the Sea. My dilemma is I’m ten, and I really need a phone, but my parents can’t afford it, even if it counts for two birthdays and a Christmas, and even if they never have to give me another gift ever again! So, there’s only one thing to do: find a job and buy it myself. I know it’ll be tough, but I can do it, and along the way, maybe we’ll both learn a little about determination, disappointment, friendship, and love.

When Evelyn's missing ex-husband turns up dead, many fingers point to her as the primary suspect. As Evelyn navigates an unfair investigation into her past, she has never needed her close circle of friends more.

It’s the summer of ’69. While her peers revel in free love and rock and roll, Suzannah is home from college, sequestered inside her conservative Southern home. Her domineering father has condemned rock music and driven away her best friend. She’s counting the days until fall. But everything changes when her free-spirited best friend, Livy, resurfaces, urging Suzannah, a talented singer, to join her for three days of peace and music in upstate New York. Fed up with her father’s rules and fearful for her brother’s fate in Vietnam, Suzannah agrees to the road trip.

Alone in the Northwoods, Norry Last settles in for another springtime lull at the remote resort she inherited from her father. She’s content with the solitude, maybe resigned. But when a blizzard hits, those little cabins by the lake start to fill up fast. First to arrive is Lizzie, an eight-year-old with resilience and wisdom beyond her years, neglected by a mother struggling with addiction. Next comes Wendell, a cantankerous old fellow whose house collapses in the storm, the same way hope collapsed inside him long before.

Jenna Logan’s holiday plans are unexpectedly interrupted when her dearest friend needs her help. Elvis travels to 2025 to look at his own past. How can Jenna help him as he travels back through time to face the greatest heartbreak of his life? Will he find out that some things are better left alone, or will he be able to change the future for himself and heal the pain from decades ago? Follow Jenna and Elvis on a deeply personal journey as they look to the past to map his future, facing emotional challenges and choices along the way.

Recovering from cancer, Cincinnati news anchor Jessica Fox has no choice but to take a summer leave. Her boss’s proposal: for Jessica to take it easy and recharge at his late grandmother Mabel’s cottage in the Kentucky mountains. The town of Lost and Found lives up to its name. Resistant at first, Jessica grows to appreciate the slower pace, the spectacular sunsets, the affable locals, and even Matt Cordray, the laid-back, too-friendly police chief next door.

I begyndelsen af 80'erne var de uadskillelige. Isabel, Pernille, Solveig og Mette. Fire unge kvinder med drømmene i behold og fulde af forventning til fremtiden. År senere fører Solveigs pludselige død Isabel, Pernille og Mette sammen igen. Lyse, glade, begavede Solveig har taget sit eget liv. Hvorfor? Skyldfølelsen nager og tvinger de tre resterende medlemmer af De frie kvinders klub til at prøve at finde en mening, en forklaring.

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Jens er en gammel mand, der er flyttet på plejehjem. Det er han ikke vild med, han vil hellere hjem til sit eget hus. Men på plejehjemmet får han en kælesæl, som han kan tale med, og gradvist opstår en form for venskab mellem dem. For selvom Jens nogle gange får besøg af sin familie, så er det, som om det er nemmest at tale med sælen.

It’s the mid-nineties, and in the small, shitty coastal town of Vincent, Australia, four Nirvana-obsessed fourteen-year-old girls form a grunge band. The Bastards are “forgettable girls”—poor, not particularly clever, ridiculed by their better-off classmates, and desperate to escape the fates of their mothers, who seem locked into a life of minimum-wage jobs, surprise pregnancies, and drunk boyfriends. The Battle of the Bands is the girls’ one ticket out.

Gloria's life is upended when her son, once a promising college athlete, returns home to Florida after dropping out of school in Boston. Desperate to get his life back on track, he's a shell of the confident young man he once was. As Gloria works to rebuild their relationship and help him heal, she's forced to confront her own desires for the future—and whether she's ready to rebuild her own life as well, and finally leave the past behind her.

For A&E nurse Eden Grainger, Port Kara offers more than just a safe haven. It's a chance to break free from her ex Jesse and start a new life. Her focus now is solely on her four-year-old son, Teddie, whose autism means he sees the world in his own unique way.