Une jeune adolescente rebelle qui entretient des rapports conflictuels avec sa mère, (et pour cause, son beau-père abuse d'elle en cachette) est forcée d'aller passer l'été chez sa grand-mère. Leur voyage va amener les trois femmes à révéler des secrets de famille jusqu'ici enfouis, et va prouver que même mis à l'épreuve, les liens mère-fille sont inébranlables.
Capitaine d'un bateau de pêche, Baker Dill est recontacté par son ex-femme qui lui demande de la sauver elle et son fils de son nouveau mari, un homme violent. Elle le supplie de proposer à son mari une excursion en mer au cours de laquelle Dill le livrerait aux requins infestant l'enclave tropicale de Plymouth...
Erik est renvoyé de son école à la suite d'une bagarre. Il se fait donc admettre dans une école privée, où les plus anciens contrôlent les plus jeunes. Il sympathise avec Pierre, son camarade de chambre, mais refuse de se soumettre à la politique de l'école. Il souhaite juste étudier seul et en paix.
À la suite d'un choc psychologique brutal, Tommy est devenu sourd, muet et aveugle. Sa mère et son beau-père font tout pour le guérir. Mais en dehors d'une fascination pour les miroirs et les billards électriques, Tommy ne veut rien entendre. Jusqu'au jour ou sa mère le projette à travers un miroir. C'est le miracle, Tommy entend, voit, parle. C'est le nouveau Messie.
Jolana (18) is an object of her step-father's desire. She is unable to cope, especially when her own mother turns a blind eye. Those events are heavily paid for when she finds herself working in a brothel. Her inability to cope raise a question: What is it she actually wants? Are her dreams of escaping really better than the reality she finds herself in?
A travers l'histoire de Tome, qui veut quitter sa campagne pour vivre a Tokyo, évocation de la reconstruction du Japon
Terrées dans la cave, la jeune Christie et sa mère, Karen, sont à la merci des assassins. Christie savait que cela se terminerait comme ça... Que son beau-père voulait tuer sa mère...
An Anglo-Indian woman works in a seedy Mumbai massage parlor while trying to find her long-lost father.
The story involves Rose Chismore's youth. She flashes back and remembers her coming-of-age. Her recollections are sometimes less than sweet, particularly those of her troubled and alcoholic step-father. Her memories of Robin, her first-love, are much happier and she also recalls her colorful Aunt Starr -- who's visit is fun but also detrimental to her family's health. The setting of 1950s Las Vegas' bomb testing is increasingly significant to the development of the story.
Ray, a twelve-year-old boy, must confront the British legal system when he is accused of murder.
Steve Moore is sixteen and lives with his younger sister, mother Cheryl and her boyfriend John, in a modest house in Bakersfield, California. An abusive and often intoxicated man, John rules the household, and though his attacks on Steve result in emergency hospital visits, Cheryl's loyalty is to her boyfriend. To protect her relationship with John, she "ditches" her son, having him arrested and locked in a correctional "mental" facility, before coercing her older brother Burt, who lives in Hollywood, to take him. Steve quickly discovers that Burt cannot even provide temporary lodging, but an administrator at his new high school directs him to a shelter for runaway kids where he soon learns to navigate his way.
Un auteur de romans policiers est impliqué dans une enquête sur un meurtre.
After discovering the man who raised him is not his biological father, 15-year-old Ian's world is forever changed. His mother refuses to identify his real father, fueling Ian's desire to escape suburbia. His girlfriend urges him to stay and work things out, while his best friend continues to lead him down a violent path. The duo sell drugs to make money – until their dealer offers an easier, deadlier way to get rich quick.
An educated, upscale young black musician marries a woman from a lower socioeconomic class to get her out of the clutches of her stepfather.