Risultati per "La famiglia" in Artisti, architetti e fotografi

Raised up from poverty by a determined single mother, gifted and beautiful twin sisters Christa and Cara Parravani were able to create a private haven of splendor and amusement that they shared between themselves. They earned their way into a prestigious college, established careers as artists (a photographer and a writer, respectively), and entered young marriages. But plagued by their father's early rejection of them and further damaged by being raped as a young woman, Cara veered into depression, drugs, and a shocking early death.

Brothers Barry and Tommy Moser were born of the same parents in Chattanooga, Tennessee, slept in the same bedroom, went to the same school, and were both poisoned by their family's deep racism and anti-Semitism. But as they grew older, their perspectives and their paths grew further and further apart. Barry left Chattanooga for New England and a life in the arts; Tommy stayed put and became a mortgage banker.

Gemeinsam erleben Bettina und ihre Schwester die Höhen und Tiefen des Aufwachsens in den 70er-Jahren: Sie machen erste Liebeserfahrungen und lernen mit den unerfüllbaren Erwartungen ihrer Eltern umzugehen. Zusammen verbringen sie glückliche Stunden mit ihren Großeltern, um den Depressionen der Mutter zu entkommen. Doch das Duo zerbricht, als Bettinas Schwester sich das Leben nimmt. Für Bettina beginnt eine Zeit der Lähmung und Verzweiflung. Dann findet sie Trost im Schreiben und wagt den mutigen Schritt, sich den Gespenstern der Vergangenheit zu stellen und von diesen zu befreien.