"Whitefern swallowed Audrina's childhood--and now the sprawling Victorian mansion threatens her adult life too. Audrina remembers a better time, when her husband, Arden, was a young man with a heart filled with devotion to her. He didn't used to be this ambitious, this expansive, this cruel. But then, the death of Audrina's father changed a great many things.

The story of the rise of a New York family, the Carnochans, from their early arrival in America from Scotland to their rise to prominence and wealth, recounts the lives and fortunes of diverse members of the family across generations.

"In this stunning and provocative domestic drama about a sweet sixteen birthday party that goes horribly awry, a wealthy family in San Francisco finds themselves entangled in a legal battle, their darkest secrets revealed, and their friends turned to enemies. One invitation. A lifetime of regrets. Sweet sixteen. It's an exciting coming of age, a milestone, and a rite of passage. Jeff and Kim Sanders plan on throwing a party for their daughter, Hannah--a...

Set in modern-day America, the one-hour drama series delivers a new, dramatic take on Will's life-altering journey from the streets of West Philadelphia to the gated mansions of Bel-Air. Leaving behind the only home he2s ever known for a second chance in an unfamiliar place, Will finds his life turned upside down as he encounters new challenges and biases in a world of wealth and aspiration.

Follows the life of Patrick Melrose, a member of an upper class English family, through his traumatic childhood with an abusive father, drug addiction, fatherhood, and the possible loss of his family home.

"This Passover Seder is not just any Passover Seder. Yes, there will be a quick service and then a festive meal afterwards, but this night is different from all other nights. This will be the night the Golds of Greenwich meet the Rothschilds of New York City. The Rothschilds are the stuff of legends. They control banks, own vineyards in Napa, diamond mines in Africa, and even an organic farm somewhere in the Midwest that produces the most popular...

An inner-city teenager from Philly is sent by his mother to live with his relatives in Bel-Air and everybody is in for a surprise.

A feud between two Southern families--the Gearys and the Barbarossas--is given a new twist when a Geary woman falls under the spell of a Barbarossa's sexual magnetism. A violent tale of greed and love.

"In Crunch Time, Aliya Hamid Rao gets up close and personal with college-educated, unemployed men, women, and spouses to explain how comparable men and women have starkly different experiences of unemployment. Traditionally gendered understandings of work--that it's a requirement for men and optional for women--loom large in this process, even for marriages that had been not organized in gender-traditional ways. These beliefs serve to make men's unemployment...

Dona Barbara tells the tale of an epic struggle between two cousins for a cast estate and ranch in the Venezuelan llano, or prairie ... Published in 1929 and all but forgotten by Anglophone readers, Dona Barbara is one of the first examples of magical realism, laying the groundwork for later authors such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Mario Vargas Llosa