Deep in the lush river jungles of Argentina, Alvaro lives a solitary existence fishing and harvesting reeds. What sets him apart from the rest of his...

The story delves into what is supposed to be a victorious day for Boy whose first born — Jemjem, graduated from elementary with honors....

Two small-time felons with disparate personas cross paths: One's a principled tough gay; the other is a scheming, street-smart teenager. Together,...

Discriminated by employers for being a gay misfit, odd Kaye struggles to make ends meet selling her bewildering home-grown beauty soap when her...

Set in an indigenous community in the hinterlands in Mindanao, a family goes up to the mountains to grieve and bury its youngest member who died from...

An array of outrageous people, including a desperate nymphomaniac and a terrorist with an acute sense of smell, seek love and happiness in Madrid.

Young Augusten Burroughs absorbs experiences that could make for a shocking memoir: the son of an alcoholic father and an unstable mother, he's...

A visiting city reporter's assignment suddenly revolves around the murder trial of a local millionaire, whom he befriends.

The story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students at a Yorkshire grammar school in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or...

After losing both parents, two brothers search the skies for solace and clarity. Could the answer be really out of this world?

A story about a Filipino religious leader.

A deaf child who dreams of attending school faces a series of rejections from his mother because of an unprecedented past.

A young man with a bright future suffers a near-fatal accident and recreates his new life with the help of an unlikely animal friend.

A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her...

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.

After the lewd and frenetic Dance of the Seven Veils, and with the solemn pledge from the very lips of Herod himself that she could have whatever her...

A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness.

Four siblings' lives change drastically when their ailing mother takes a turn for the worse over the holiday season.

Years after her son's suicide, a woman longs to confront both the past and a friend of his who took his business idea.

In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle.

The true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's...

When lapsed Jew and former cardiologist Harry suddenly decides to spend his retirement as a pig farmer in Nazareth, Israel, the move deeply shocks...

94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after...

A man is released from prison after 15 years. He reunites with his high school girlfriend, now a single mother of three. What follows is a lyrical...