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On a bright June day in 1965, a dozen girls -- classmates at a Blue Ridge women's college -- launch a ramshackle raft on a trip down the Mississippi. Thirty-five years later, four of the "girls" reunite to cruise the river again on a luxury steamboat and rediscover themselves.

A gripping tale of a family's denial of its sordid past and one sibling's battle against the rest to have the truth (if it is truth) come out.

Anton Walker used to forge documents for a living, but now he's playing it straight as a manager with a consulting firm. Problem is, the Harvard diploma on his wall is fake, and his cousin plans to blow the whistle if he doesn't help her with one last job.

Lilia Albert can't remember many details from her childhood--she just knows she was always on the move. As an adult, she travels compulsively, leaving behind friends and lovers all over the world. But when one man refuses to let go and follows her to Montreal, Lilia is forced to come to grips with a past filled with more questions than answers.

In a Carmelite monastery outside present-day Los Angeles, life goes on in a manner virtually un-changed for centuries. Sister John of the Cross has spent years there in the service of God. And there, she alone experiences visions of such dazzling power and insight that she is looked upon as a spiritual master.

Vanella Morris is beautiful, strong, successful and extremely happy with her long-time boyfriend Alton. But Vanella is also uneasy and apprehensive about making big commitments. She doesn't want to end up divorced like most of her girlfriends or stuck in a loveless marriage like her parents. When Alton proposes, she has to make the most important decision of her life: walk away now from this good thing or convince Alton that by living together the marital bliss he longs for can still be theirs.

After the unexpected death of his daughter, musician Adam Anker loses all sense of direction in his life. Adrift, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery, one that will take him from New Zealand, to Poland, and finally to Sweden for a reunion with his daughter's mother.

Saul Indian Horse, who is dying in a big city hospice, embarks on a journey of imagination back through his life.

Forty-year-old Weetzie Bat ends her once-passionate relationship with secret agent Max and checks into an enchanted pink hotel, where she meets an otherworldly host of fawns, angels, and mermaids.

Cotton, the Silver Fleece, could be the answer to Zora and Bles' prayers for overcoming poverty. While attending school in Rural Alabama, they lovingly nurture their crop. but the white aristocracy is determined to control the price of cotton and monopolize the market. Can these two lovers prevail despite the daunting obstacles before them?