خلاصه داستان :

Wealthy American housewife Mary Morgan takes her bullied son George out of school for home education,including a trip to Southern Africa. Whilst in Mozambique George is bitten by a mosquito which crawls through a hole in his net and dies of malaria. After his funeral at home Mary feels a compulsion to return to Africa where she meets English woman Martha O'Connell,whose 24 year old son Ben, a teacher with voluntary service overseas,has also died of malaria. Ben gave his net to one of his pupils,believing adults cannot catch malaria. The two women are shocked to see the high death rate caused by the disease and,whilst Martha stays in Africa as a voluntary helper,Mary petitions the American government to change things. Martha turns up at Mary's house unannounced and,helped by Mary's ex-diplomat father,they address a senate committee on health spending,persuading them to do more to combat malaria. They meet with some success though a coda states that much more can be done.

خلاصه داستان : یک معتاد به کار به یک قرار ملاقات برای یک شام با مشتریان مهم جدید نیاز دارد، اما کسی که برادرش او را با او قرار می دهد می تواند منجر به فاجعه شود.

When bachelor Walter Davis is set up with his sister-in-law's pretty cousin, Nadia Gates, a seemingly average blind date turns into a chaotic night on the town. Walter's brother, Ted, tells him not to let Nadia drink alcohol, but he dismisses the warning and her behaviour gets increasingly wild. Walter and Nadia's numerous incidents are made even worse as her former lover David relentlessly follows them around town.

خلاصه داستان : مردی از شیکاگو و خانواده اش با برادر شوهر نفرت انگیز خود به کمپ می روند.

It's vacation time for outdoorsy Chicago man Chet Ripley, along with his wife, Connie, and their two kids, Buck and Ben. But a serene weekend of fishing at a Wisconsin lakeside cabin gets crashed by Connie's obnoxious brother-in-law, Roman Craig, his wife, Kate, and the couple's two daughters. As the excursion wears on, the Ripleys find themselves at odds with the stuffy Craig family.

خلاصه داستان : یک میلیونر جوان تنها و منزجر به یک خانواده پول می دهد تا کریسمس را با او بگذرانند.

Drew Latham is an executive leading an empty, shallow life with only wealth on his side. Facing another lonely Christmas ahead, he revisit his old childhood home in the hope of reliving some old holiday memories – but he finds that the house in which he was raised is no longer the home in which he grew up.

خلاصه داستان : در خشکسالی خشک 1920 در استرالیا ، یک کشیش کاتولیک و خواهرزاده زیبای صاحب ایستگاه گوسفندی وسیع در برابر اراده خدا ناتوان ایستاده و از خواسته رنج می برند. آنها تا کجا حاضرند به نام عشق پیش بروند؟

The story based on a novel by Colleen McCullough focuses on three generations of the Cleary family living on a sheep station in the Australian outback.