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1) Sweet Bean
Pub. Date
c2016
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A delicious red bean paste is the sweet heart of the dorayaki pancakes that Sentaro sells from his little bakery to a small but loyal clientele. Absorbed in sad memories and distant thoughts, Sentaro cooks with skill but without enthusiasm. When 76-year-old Tokue responds to his ad for an assistant and cheerfully offers to work for a ridiculously low wage, Sentaro is skeptical about the eccentric old lady's ability to endure the long hours.
2) Poms
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
It is an uplifting comedy about Martha, a woman who moves into a retirement community and starts a cheerleading squad with her fellow residents, Sheryl, Olive, and Alice, proving that it's never too late to follow their dreams.
3) Queen Mimi
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (75 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. Forced onto the streets in her 50s, Marie found "home" at a Santa Monica laundromat. Taking shelter there for 20 years, Mimi's passion for pink, and living without looking back, has taken her from homelessness to Hollywood's red carpets.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 319 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Life as a private detective begins at 60 for this sprightly Lancashire housewife. Instead of winding down as her husband, Robert, expects, she's just getting started. Hetty takes a job to make ends meet and accidentally discovers her natural gift for sleuthing. In these first six episodes, she finds an eager sidekick in destitute teenager Geoffrey and puts her sensible pumps to the pavement in search of mysteries to solve.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (441 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Life as a private detective begins at 60 for this sprightly Lancashire housewife. Instead of winding down as her husband, Robert, expects, she's just getting started. Hetty takes a job to make ends meet and accidentally discovers her natural gift for sleuthing. In these first six episodes, she finds an eager sidekick in destitute teenager Geoffrey and puts her sensible pumps to the pavement in search of mysteries to solve.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Britt-Marie is a 63-year-old housewife who has just left a 40-year marriage. The small town of Borg has lost its pride, except for the young soccer team, which Britt-Marie now has to coach. This journey will be filled with struggles and challenges, but also warmth and love.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
It's August. Like they have most summers, elderly widowed sisters Libby Strong and Sarah Webber, who live in Philadelphia, are staying together in the family's summer cottage on an island off the coast of Maine. There are a few people who have been half-century friends or acquaintances on the island, including Tisha Doughty and Joshua Brackett.
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The highly anticipated sequel follows our four best friends as they take their book dub to Italy for the fun girl's trip they never had. When things go off the rails and secrets are revealed, their relaxing vacation turns into a once-in-a-lifetime cross-country adventure.
10) Book club
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Four friends' lives are turned upside down to hilarious ends when their book club tackles the infamous "Fifty Shades of Grey." From discovering new romance to rekindling old flames, they inspire each other to make their next chapter the best chapter.
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 177 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Miss Matty's house is full of life and bustle. Her dream of having a child in the house has been realized in the birth of Tilly, daughter of her maid Martha and carpenter Jem. Elsewhere, the shadow of the railway still looms, but the line has been halted five miles outside Cranford, a disaster as far as Captain Brown is concerned. Meanwhile, as Mr. Buxton returns to town with his son, William, and his niece, Erminia, Miss Matty becomes concerned about...
13) Greta
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 99 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A sweet, naive young woman trying to make it on her own in New York City, Frances doesn't think twice about returning the handbag she finds on the subway to its rightful owner. That owner is an eccentric French piano teacher with a love for classical music and an aching loneliness. The two become fast friends, but the older woman's maternal charms begin to dissolve and grow increasingly disturbing as Frances discovers that nothing is what it seems...
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
On the eve of retirement, a judgmental middle-class snob discovers her husband has been having an affair with her best friend and is forced into exile with her bohemian sister who lives on an impoverished inner-city council estate.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in Atlanta in the 1950's, a textile factory owner insists on hiring an ever-patient chauffeur for his aging head-strong mother. The Jewish woman and her African American driver eventually build a relationship over many years.
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