Longing to escape from her small Michigan town, sixteen-year-old Eve, an aspiring actress, is forced to confront both her family's and her own expectations when her twin sister announces her pregnancy.
Chronicles the joys and troubles of the four March sisters as they grow into young ladies and marry in nineteenth-century New England. Includes photographs from the 1994 film starring Winona Ryder.
Heather, feeling bad because she has two mothers and no father, soon learns that the other children in her play group have lots of different kinds of families and the most important thing is that all the people love each other.
While living with her grandparents when her mother goes to work in the city, a young Panamanian girl memorizes her mother's favorite poem, "Caperucita Roja," for her school's Christmas pageant.
A little girl goes to church with her mother on Sunday morning and looks on with glee when Mama gets caught up in the singing, dancing, joy of the Holy Spirit.
A young girl finds many uses for her mother's hijaab, but realizes its best purpose is as a covering for her mother as part of the Muslim faith. Presented in Somali and English.
