Her mother presents their lives as perfection on her video blog Lovely Everyday Life, every moment a success, every movement planned and every smile practiced yet presented as
A bloody military coup taking place in Guinea-Bissau in 2003, the semi-mythical mercenary trio known as the Bangui Hyenas (Les Hyènes de Bangui) are hired by drug lord
Valeria Hernandez pregnant with her first child, her husband Raúl is delighted, and her mother Maricarmen regards it as a miracle, the result of Valeria’s pious attendance and
Margaret Ballion pushes herself hard, the single and fiercely protective mother of a teenage girl, an executive in a biotechnology company developing gene therapies and chemotherapy regimes, running
Subjected to an assault at the school at which he works, more upsetting than injurious, teacher Nick walks out of both the job and his relationship with his
Another day of high school hell for Kurt, bullied in class with teachers turning a blind eye, bullied in the corridors, bullied on the way home, the anger
The séance, the favourite parlour pastime of the Victorians, the planchette weaving between yes and no (in any language – Oui! Ja!), the rapping on wood made famous