It is 1922, and London is tense. Ex-servicemen are disillusioned, the out-of-work and the hungry are demanding change. And in South London, in a genteel Camberwell villa, a large silent house now bereft of brothers, husband and even servants, life is about to be transformed, as impoverished widow Mrs Wray and her spinster daughter, Frances, are obliged to take in lodgers. With the arrival of Lilian and Leonard Barber, a modern young couple of the...

When a New Jersey police lieutenant is diagnosed with terminal cancer, she and her registered domestic partner must work to secure her pension benefits.

"Sixteen-year-old Christine takes their first solo trip to Mexico to spend a few weeks with their grandparents and tía. Initially, Christine struggles to connect with their relatives because they don't share a language. Seeing the places their mom grew up--the school she went to, the café where she had her first date with Christine's father--Christine becomes more and more aware of the generational differences in their family. Soon Christine settles...