aunts

When orphaned, eleven-year-old Pollyanna comes to live with austere and wealthy Aunt Polly, her philosophy of gladness brings happiness to her aunt and other unhappy members of the community.

When Andy and his friend Tamika spend the weekend in the city with Tamika's aunt and uncle, he tries hard to follow all the rules of etiquette during outings to a French restaurant, an art museum, and the ballet, while using his detective skills to solve a mystery involving "parachuting" hamsters.

In 1895, to escape his violent father, Mickey is sent to stay with his Uncle Ronald and his twin aunts in the hills north of Ottawa and learns to feel safe for the first time in his life.

Sixteen-year-old Patty is pleased when her Aunt Ruth, a vibrant actress who encourages her interest in the theater, comes to visit, but then serious complications in Aunt Ruth's diabetes threaten her ability to walk.

At a family gathering in Berlin years after World War II, Kate relives some of the events described in the diary of a dead aunt who once was a member of the Hitler Youth.

In her diary, eleven-year-old Robyn describes her family's visit to Austria, from the disastrous theft of their luggage to adventures in the countryside, while she tries to recover from the death of her Aunt Beth.

As he waits at home with his aunt for his baby sister to be born at the hospital, a young boy hears what his aunt did while waiting for him to be born.

When two sisters go to see their aunt, she tells them stories about her adventures as a young girl visiting her grandparents in the mountains.

Ninth-grader Ruthie Bayer realizes that she is in love with her best friend Perry, the boy next door, but when competition appears, Ruthie calls on her glamorous aunt for advice.