mothers

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mothers

Bucking the Sarge

2006
Deeply involved in his cold and manipulative mother's shady business dealings in Flint, Michigan, fourteen-year-old Luther keeps a sense of humor while running the Happy Neighbor Group Home For Men, all the while dreaming of going to college and becoming a philosopher.

Libertad

2008
After their mother dies Libertad and his younger brother Julio leave their home near the Guatemala City dump and perform as street musicians along the Rio Grand River while hoping to cross the border into the United States and locate their father.

Under the banyan tree

2007
After her mother leaves, fifteen-year-old Irena runs away from home and hitchhikes to Key West where she tries to make a better life for herself.

Demons are forever

confessions of a demon-hunting soccer mom
2007
Kate Connor struggles to balance her work as a demon hunter with the ordinary demands of marriage and motherhood, as her daughter dreams of following in Kate's footsteps, her dead husband steals another human's body, and her living husband shifts into political overdrive.

Mothers and more

American women in the 1950s
1984
An account of the lives, work, and consciousness of American women during the Eisenhower Era.

My mother is mine

2004
As a child makes a Mother's Day card, various animal mothers are shown taking care of their young.

Do pigs sit in trees?

1981
When he finds no one at home, Quentin the pig goes in search of his mother and brothers and gets well-intended but not-so-helpful suggestions of where to look from other animals.

Daddy and Ben together

1981
Ben and Daddy fend for themselves while Mommy is on a business trip.

All alone after school

1985
When his mother must take a job and can't afford a babysitter, a young boy gradually develops confidence about staying home alone after school.

My mom got a job

1979
A young girl describes the changes in her life since her mother got a job.

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