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Anxiety rules Annemarie Zimmer's days—the fear that her relationship with the man she loves is growing stagnant; the fear that equestrian daughter Eva's dreams of Olympic glory will carry her far away from her mother . . . and into harm's way. For five months, Annemarie has struggled to make...

In the Prince of Wales Hotel and the shabby terraces and tearooms of Westbourne, retired lives run their course - all, in their different ways, anticipating crisis.

Grab a pack of KOOLs, rev up the Camaro, and tune in Stairway to Heaven - you're daytripping back to 1973. That's the summer Eddie Sacks, having flunked out of college, is driving a cab and trying to figure out exactly who and what he wants to be. The only place he finds common ground with his Nixon-loving, cigar-puffing dad (a.k.a. the Captain) is at Belmont Park, where Secretariat makes his historic bid for the Triple Crown.

Mack and his friends are hanging out on the beach when one of them disappears in the waves - only to reemerge with gills lining her neck. One by one, the teenagers develop aquatic features never before seen on humans. But Mack, the last one to transform, suspects that something is not quite right. Surely, magic like this cannot come without dire consequences.

4 janvier 1998. Un garçon de dix ans apprend que ses parents se séparent. Tout son monde s'effondre. Il pleure, puis se tourne vers le ciel, à qui il demande tout bonnement de sauver sa famille. Le lendemain s'abat sur la ville une tempête de verglas historique. La catastrophe naturelle amène avec elle son lot de changements; face à l'adversité, des liens se créent. Dans le froid, l'entraide, la solidarité et l'altruisme enflamment les cœurs. Mais la tempête aura-t-elle l'effet escompté sur la famille de notre jeune héros?