Žena s malou dcerkou se vrací do domu, kde vyrůstala. Jako malá tu měla svého imaginárního kamaráda, kterého si vymyslela pro dlouhou chvíli. Teď zjišťuje, že její kamarád není až tak vymyšlený a navíc je hodně naštvaný, že ho kdysi opustila.
Tragická smrt obrátí úspěšné rodině z předměstí život naruby. Velký smutek je ale i příležitost najít novou lásku.
Martha Claridgeová opouští domov a vydává se s mužem, kterého bezmezně miluje, na západ. Na budoucnost se dívá plná nadějí, ale záhy její manžel Aaron tragicky zemře. Začíná zima a mladá vdova se musí rychle rozhodnout, zda se vrátí na východ, nebo zůstane. V té chvíli jí přichází nabídnout formální sňatek mladý vdovec Clark Davis. Martha by tímto konvenčním spojením měla přes zimu zajištěnou střechu nad hlavou a Clark by získal pro svou osmiletou dceru Missy matku, která jí v tomto věku neobyčejně chybí. Zároveň ale Martě slíbí, že když bude chtít, zaplatí jí na jaře cestu domů na východ. Romantický western o neobvyklém spojení dvou lidí poznamenaných tragédií, který nečekaně vyústí v lásku.
After her stepdaughter is sexually assaulted at a party, a furious mother sets out to destroy the lives of the four perpetrators who walked free.
A perverse woman "works" on the corruption of a young girl who serves as her maid.
Sophie is far from being the model little girl one would like her to be, unlike her friends Camille and Madeleine. She always insists on having her own way, often getting into trouble, to the despair of one and all. But her mother is unbending and otherwise inclined. She will not let her get away with anything, and poor Sophie will often have to live with the consequences of her bad behaviour and learn her lesson.
Freewheeling wanderer Jerry Day and his beautiful wife Toni are at odds over their lifestyle. Jerry can't accept responsibility, but Toni yearns for a family and a settled life. Then the Days 'rediscover' Jerry's young daughter Pennie, who has been living with his rich deceased wife's family. Pennie appears to be just what Jerry needs to mend his swindling ways and lead a straight life. Then a corruptible influence enters his life.
Susan Shelley is released from an asylum where she's been confined to after the shock suffered over the fiery death of her mother. Her father has a new wife, who has only married him for the money left to him by his dead wife. Susan is still haunted by her mother's memory, and her step-mother is conspiring with her lover to get the troubled girl to lead them to her mother's missing diamond necklace.
Céline is a free-spirited woman is married to a dull, middle manager Philippe. Her husband's co-worker pegged her as a household ornament because of the union. She befriends a woman who shows her how to juggle the couple's living expenses to get what she wants. As she asserts her independence and gradually frees herself from her husband's claustrophobic world, she turns to painting and writing about the inequity between genders.
Antony je posedlý představou spokojeného rodinného života, ovšem o jeho malou dcerku se musejí starat rodiče jeho ženy, která zemřela při autonehodě. Naneštěstí Marta, se kterou se Antony poněkud zbrkle oženil, si svou budoucnost představuje zásadně jinak, než on.
Based on novel of the same name by Mariya Khalfina.
In Pavel Olevantsev’s family suddenly comes news that his daughter by another woman was orphaned. Pavel did not know about the existence of the girl, nor could his wife know about it... It is not easy to decide to take the child to his house. But it will be much more difficult to endear the girl to them, to return her the joy of childhood and the belief that she is not alone...