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Amgash novels volume 1
Language
English
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"Lucy Barton is recovering slowly from what should have been a simple operation. Her mother, to whom she hasn't spoken for many years, comes to see her. Gentle gossip about people from Lucy's childhood in Amgash, Illinois, seems to reconnect them, but just below the surface lie the tension and longing that have informed every aspect of Lucy's life: her escape from her troubled family, her desire to become a writer, her marriage, her love for her two...
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"At the end of the Second World War, Cyril Conroy combines luck and a single canny investment to build an immense real estate empire, propelling his family from poverty to enormous wealth. His first order of business is to buy the Dutch House, a lavish estate in the suburbs of Philadelphia. meant as a surprise for his wife, the house sets in motion the undoing of everyone he loves. The story is told by Cyril's son, Danny, as his older sister, the...
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English
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"Shay Benson adored her younger brother, Caden, and that got her into trouble. When he owed money, Shay realized she would do anything to help him avoid the men who were threatening him, and she crossed lines she never should have crossed. Now, determined to start fresh, she finds herself in search of a place to stay and wanders into a church to escape from the cold. Pastor Drew Douglas adored his wife. But when he lost her, it was all he could do...
4) The nest
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Language
English
Description
"Every family has its problems. But even among the most troubled, the Plumb family stands out as spectacularly dysfunctional. Years of simmering tensions finally reach a breaking point on an unseasonably cold afternoon in New York City as Melody, Beatrice, and Jack Plumb gather to confront their charismatic and reckless older brother, Leo, freshly released from rehab. Months earlier, an inebriated Leo got behind the wheel of a car with a nineteen-year-old...
6) Krampus
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
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This darkly festive tale of a yuletide ghoul reveals an irreverently twisted side to the holiday. The horror-comedy tells the story of young Max, who turns his back on Christmas as his dysfunctional family comes together and comically clashes over the holidays. When they accidentally unleash the wrath of Krampus, an ancient entity from European folklore, all hell breaks loose and beloved holiday icons take on a monstrous life of their own.
Series
Criterion collection volume 157
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
Widescreen version (2.35:first).
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Three grown prodigies, all with a unique genius of some kind, and their mother are staying at the family household. Their father, Royal, had left them long ago, but now returns to make things right with his family.
8) House of D
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
Widescreen, special edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An American man living in Paris recalls his adolescence in New York City with his depressed widowed mother and other people that made an impression on his life.
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Language
English
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Gilbert lives in Endora, a place where nothing happens. Aside from a secret affair with a housewife, Gilbert spends his days stocking shelves at a grocery store, caring for his mentally handicapped brother, and holding together a large family headed by Mama, a former beauty queen whose weight tops 500 pounds. But just when Gilbert thinks nothing will ever change, a pretty stranger arrives on the scene.
10) The judge
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen version; rental [edition].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (141 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Big-city lawyer Hank Palmer returns to his childhood home where his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder. He sets out to discover the truth and along the way reconnects with the family he walked away from years before.
11) Knives out
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (130 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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A tribute to mystery mastermind Agatha Christie and a fun, modern-day murder mystery where everyone is a suspect. When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth...
12) Dark shadows
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Imprisoned vampire, Barnabas Collins is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate has fallen into ruin. The dysfunctional remnants of the Collins family have fared little better and are in need of his protection.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
Full screen and widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A dysfunctional family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In and out of rehab for the past 10 years, Kym Buchman returns to the family home for the wedding of her sister Rachel. She brings with her a long history of personal crisis and family conflict. The wedding party, friends and relatives have gathered for an idyllic weekend of feasting, music and love, but Kym's passion for the dramatic incites tension in the family.
15) Killer Joe
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
'Killer' Joe Cooper is a Dallas detective who doubles as a hitman with the charm of a Southern gentleman. Chris hires Joe to kill his mother in order to collect her life insurance and pay off his debts. When Chris is unable to pay for the service up front, Joe takes Chris's sister Dottie as a retainer until he can be paid.
16) Smart people
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After an accident, Lawrence, a chilly intellectual professor, goes to the hospital and is afterward deprived of the right to drive. Janet is a physician and former student of Lawrence who remembers her disappointment in him as a teacher and role model. But, Janet and Lawrence become romantically involved. Meanwhile, Lawrence's adopted brother Chuck and his teenage daughter Vanessa try to come to terms with each other.
17) Those girls
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Life has never been easy for the three Campbell sisters. Jess, Courtney, and Dani live on a remote ranch in British Columbia where they work hard and try to stay out of the way of their father's fists. One night, a fight gets out of hand and the sisters are forced to go on the run, only to get caught in an even worse nightmare when their truck breaks down in a small town. Events spiral out of control and a chance encounter with the wrong people leaves...
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 90 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A Gothic story of four siblings who, after the death of their father, are torn from a peaceful life and subjected to abuse resulting from a dark, family secret. Abandoned by their mother and forced to endure unimaginable treatment living in the attic of their grandparents' mansion, the children form their own family unit. But as the oldest boy and girl come of age, they are entrapped by their family's sordid past as they try to survive and escape...
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Margot and her son, Claude, come to attend the wedding of her sister, Pauline, it seems as if a family rift is being mended. Despite their best efforts, however, the two women revert back to their most dysfunctional selves.
20) Keeping mum
Publisher
Thinkfilm
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Grace is a sweet old lady with her own distinctive definition of cleaning house, with an unusual way of solving every day problems.
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