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Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
4000 miles: It's the middle of the night when 21-year-old Leo arrives on the doorstep of the West Village apartment where his feisty 91-year-old grandmother Vera lives. She's an old Communist who lives alone, he's a latter-day hippie, recently returned from a cross-country bike trip which ended traumatically. Over the course of a single month, these unlikely roommates infuriate, bewilder, and ultimately connect. When Leo's old girlfriend shows up...
4) Sea people
Language
English
Description
Young Amanda discovers that an elderly couple, John and Bridget have an enchanted and mysterious relationship with the sea.
5) Baghban
Pub. Date
[2003?]
Language
Hindi
Description
At retirement, a father and mother go to live, separately, with their unwilling sons and their wives.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Annie Lamms parents have decided she should spend the summer with her Grandpa Donald while they enjoy a second honeymoon. Annie is less than enthused, and even more disappointed to discover that Grandpas beautiful house on the beach is a dilapidated wreck filled with a lifetime of junk and clutter. With no friends, no computer and nothing good to eat, Annie is miserable and decides to run-away back to her home in New York City. But...
7) Baghban
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Widescreen format.
Language
Hindi
Description
At retirement, a father and mother go to live, separately, with their unwilling sons and their wives, only to find their children abusive and themselves having to depend upon the kindness of a stranger.
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Special edition.
Language
English
Description
Shows the conflicts between three generations as the Thayers, a crotchety old professor and his wife, spend their summer together on a lake in New England. The couple agrees to mind their estranged daughter's boyfriend's child, while daughter and boyfriend go on a trip. The boy bonds with the old man in a way his daughter never did. Shows the terrors and graces of aging.
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
"Pamela Smart ... is fed up with teaching and her marriage offers little excitement. Looking for a way out she applies for a job at a local TV station. When her dreams of fame are dashed by rejection, she seduces 15-year-old Billy, one of her students. Pam challenges Billy to prove his love for her by getting rid of her husband"--Container.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Swedish
Description
Ove is the block's grumpy old man who enforces strict neighborhood rules and whom every body avoids. One ordinary day a new family is moving in next door to Ove and accidentally backs into his mailbox. Turns out there is an unexpected friendship that blooms out of it.
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