Extreme hunger takes over the lives and sanity of two girls living in Germany's time of war.

A starving young teenager struggles to survive with her infant on their march towards a Nazi concentration camp. However, another prisoner plots to steal the teenage mom's magical shawl on which the infant relies.

A married couple tries to make ends meet for their hungry and sick children in the midst of the Depression but soon realize that sheer willpower cannot save them from the ruthless winter.

After a disaster wipes out most of the food supply, a young woman struggles to find hope and love in her new basecamp.

Abandoned by her father, a young anorexic girl grows jealous of her best friend, who's father loves her so much he cuts away pieces of her. The girl wants nothing more than to inhabit her best friend's life, but she must pay a heavy price to replace her.

A 13-year old girl with an eating disorder is sent to live with her mother's distant relatives in the hopes of changing her behavior for the better.

A mother reflects on her failures to improve the troubled upbringing of her first daughter, who she raised as a single parent during the Great Depression.

After finding out that her toddler has cancer, a fiction writer and her husband living in the American Midwest do everything they can to save their baby, including giving up her artistic integrity in order to pay for the medical bills.

Out of sheer desperation, two sex workers break into a vacant home on Christmas, indulging themselves and falling asleep. When one of them wakes up, she finds her companion dead in the bathroom and must decide how to protect herself.

A peasant woman's life of hardship after a marriage without a dowry portion means she'll do anything to ensure her cruel, miserly husband produces a portion for their beautiful daughter.