Penelope Keeling, a sixty-four-year-old daughter of a famous artist, reflects on her life, and the fate and choices that defined it, when she arrives in the Mediterranean to stay with her headstrong daughter. Shifting through time, and falling into place like the pieces of a jigsaw, the truth of Penelope's rich, heartbreaking and surprising life unfolds.
Шотландский горец Джон Браун – преданный слуга семьи Её Величества королевы Виктории. Трагические обстоятельства, которые свели их вместе, обернулись яркой дружбой, взбудоражившей погруженный в интриги двор. Много месяцев Её Величество скорбела о скончавшемся муже и отказывалась вести государственные дела, но простому дворянину Брауну было суждено утешить овдовевшую королеву и быстро стать её самым верным и надежным компаньоном. Эта необычная дружба привела к самым необратимым личным и политическим последствиям для каждого из них.
Young housewife Alison tries to care for both her husband, who became brain-damaged after a motorbike accident, and their young child. Her husband's mother and best friend make things even more difficult.
Three alternative comedians get involved in a pyramid-selling organization, Pathway, in order to finance their act. They gain great success by deploying their skills as entertainers, only to eventually discover the sinister purpose behind the Pathway organization.
Four Athenians run away to the forest only to have Puck the fairy make both of the boys fall in love with the same girl. The four run through the forest pursuing each other while Puck helps his master play a trick on the fairy queen. In the end, Puck reverses the magic, and the two couples reconcile and marry.
