After their mother leaves a preteen and her siblings, the preteen must navigate her emerging adolescence by herself in an orphanage.

After being left behind by her husband and two sons due to her alleged "boringness," a woman must learn how to cope with her new life.

After experiencing what should have been the most idyllic childhood, four siblings must learn how to assimilate back into the real world.

A recently divorced couple struggle with their three-year-old son's erratic behavior in the wake of their divorce.

Though numerous social workers try to step in, a co-dependent mother and son bounce from city to city, in search of a place where they can be together at all times.

During WWII, years after his parent's divorce, a college student and his brother visit their father and his new wife. However, the visit leaves him disappointed at what his father's life has become.

A housewife lets a hardworking seventeen-year-old boy with a difficult past rent a room in her house, which results in an unlikely friendship as he learns about kindness and trust.

Two sheltered children are put under the care of a governess with unorthodox ideas about education. The children have never loved learning until now - but these novel ideas draw the disapproval of their mother, who is determined to get rid of the new governess.

After having an affair with a married man, a woman divorces her old husband and remarries, but she struggles to keep up with the compounded responsibilities of mother- and step-motherhood.

After he gets divorced, a father finds renewed purpose through his role as a single parent and the precious time he spends with his children.