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We meet Julie several weeks after her suicide attempt, on the eve of her son's first birthday. Grateful to be alive, Julie tries her best to appreciate every moment. She has, for whatever reason, been given a second chance, but her emotional demons are unrelenting, and she is slowly and quietly losing the battle.

Chloe Cates, the thirteen-year-old star of the hit web series CC and Me, has disappeared, and nobody knows where she's gone--least of all ruthless momager Jennifer Scarborough, who has spent much of her daughter's young life crafting a child celebrity persona that is finally beginning to pay off. And in Chloe's absence, the faux-fairytale world that supported that persona begins to fracture, revealing secrets capable of reducing the dysfunctional Scarborough family to rubble.

It is 1938 in China and, as a young wife, Meilin's future is bright. But with the Japanese army approaching, Meilin and her four year old son, Renshu, are forced to flee their home. Relying on little but their wits and a beautifully illustrated hand scroll, filled with ancient fables that offer solace and wisdom, they must travel through a ravaged country, seeking refuge. Years later, Renshu has settled in America as Henry Dao. Though his daughter is desperate to understand her heritage, he refuses to talk about his childhood.

When Susie suddenly dies, her sister Camilla receives a bundle of letters instructing her to visit a place special to Susie, both to spread her ashes but also to uncover some truths Susie has long kept hidden from her family.

To escape her demanding family, Robyn Caldwell visits her aunt Lillian in Santa Barbara. While spending time with this woman who's like a mother to her, Robyn will see herself, and the people she loves, with more clarity.

Australia, 1960s. For thirteen years Odette raised her fair-skinned granddaughter Sissy without drawing notice from the authorities who remove fair-skinned Aboriginal children from their families. But the arrival of a new policeman with cruel eyes and a rigid by-the-book attitude throws their lives off-kilter. It will take all of Odette's courage and cunning to save Sissy from the authorities.

Paris, 2015. An American au pair is led away in handcuffs after the sudden death of her charge. The mother believes the caretaker is to blame, but it is unclear who is at fault--the enigmatic, young foreigner or the mother herself.

Lizzie finds solace in Vista Mar Community Gardens, but when a neighbor brings the outside world in, the very existence of Vista Mar is threatened. The gardeners must fight to save their urban oasis.

Hannah's whole life has been on the road with no explanations. Then, on her seventeenth birthday, she wakes up transformed. Hannah must unearth her family's secrets in order to break the curse.

Empty-nester Anna McNichol is ready for a new life direction, but disaster strikes when her husband dies and secrets surface. Facing challenge after challenge, she must look for support from an unexpected source.