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Charles "Chick" Benetto, grieving over the death of his mother, uses alcohol as a crutch to deal with his loneliness, isolation, and depression and the disintegration of his life, until an encounter with his mother's ghost brings him new awareness and leads him to attempt to put his life back together.
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"Marcellus es un pulpo increíblemente curioso y descarado. Cada día, mucha gente pasa por delante de su tanque en el acuario de Sowell Bay, aunque pocos se detienen demasiado. En cambio, Tova, la limpiadora, le ha cogido cariño y, mientras barre, le cuenta cuánto echa de menos a su hijo, desaparecido hace treinta años en el mar. A Marcellus no se le escapa nada y es mucho más inteligente de lo que nadie podría imaginar, pero nunca se le ocurriría...
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Esta es una historia épica y arrolladora de amor prohibido ambientada en Argentina. Sofia y Santi son primos hermanos y crecieron rodeados de una enorme familia. Sus vidas parecen idílicas, pero a medida que envejecen, el amor entre ellos se profundiza en una pasión que ninguno de los dos puede ignorar.
This is an epic sweeping story of forbidden love set in the Argentine. Sofia and Santi are first cousins, growing up surrounded by an enormous...
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In an instant, nurse Manuela loses the teenage son she raised on her own. Grief-stricken, she sets out to search for the boy's long-lost father in Barcelona, where she reawakens into a new maternal role, at the head of a surrogate family that includes a pregnant, HIV-positive nun; an illustrious star of the stage; and a transgender sex worker.
10) No te rías, Pepe
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Mother Possum is in despair because her son cannot learn to play dead without laughing.
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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the speaker, Little Dog, is in his late twenties, the letter unearths a family's history that began before he was born -- a history whose epicenter is rooted in Vietnam -- and serves as a doorway into parts of his life his mother has never known, all of it leading to an unforgettable revelation. At once a witness to the fraught yet undeniable love between...
16) No fui yo
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As a young boy presents his mother with a bouquet of flowers which he has picked, he tells her that he is not responsible for the messes found around the home.
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The Oscar-winning melodrama provides a dizzying, moving exploration of the meaning of motherhood. In an instant, nurse Manuela loses the teenage son she raised on her own. Grief-stricken, she sets out to search for the boy₂s long-lost father in Barcelona, where she reawakens into a new maternal role, at the head of a surrogate family that includes a pregnant, HIV-positive nun; an illustrious star of the stage; and a transgender sex worker.
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Han pasado veinticuatro años desde que una joven Helena pasó unas vacaciones mágicas en Chipre, donde se enamoró por primera vez. Cuando su padrino le deja la casa ahora derruida, 'Pandora', ella regresa para pasar el verano allí con su familia. Sin embargo, Helena sabe que la belleza idílica de Pandora enmascara una red de secretos que ha ocultado a William, su marido, y Alex, su hijo. A la difícil edad de trece años, Alex se debate entre...
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"Un niño que ha visto demasiado. Una madre al límite. Una psicóloga forense con demasiado corazón. Un thriller en el que nada es lo que parece. Javier ha vivido, a los siete años, más de lo que muchos adultos soportarían. Un día empieza a actuar como un perro rabioso. Tiene un secreto que contar, pero nadie lo escucha. Cuando Rut, psicóloga forense y madre soltera de una niña enganchada a los videojuegos, conoce a Javier y a...
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