Showing results for "west" in 20th Century

1941 - Amid the bombs falling over London’s East End, the residents of West India Dock Road endure wartime with courage, defiance and a good dose of humour. From nights spent sheltering together in the Underground station to sharing gossip, pastimes and meals, they lean on each other as their world is turned upside down.

1938: Divya has made the long sea journey from India to England, employed as a nanny by a British family. But once they arrive, she is cruelly abandoned, with no means to return home. Afraid and alone, she faces prejudice and rejection… until she finds her way to an Irish-run boarding house on West India Dock Road and meets Jack, Charity and a host of unexpected friends.

Nel Higgins is the 16-year-old daughter of Frank Higgins, a deranged Lutheran pastor. After Nel’s mother passes away, she finds herself and her sister, Annie, at the mercy of her father in Yankton, Dakota Territory, 1876. Bereft and frightened, Nel knows, deep in her heart, that neither she nor Annie will survive unless they can escape his evil clutches. Then, when unforeseen circumstances lead to Frank's sudden death, the two girls soon board the famous riverboat, the Far West. Once on board, Nel finds herself following the path of American destiny toward Fort Abraham Lincoln.

Tyler is too busy mourning the loss of his fiancée to take much notice of anyone else. When Antoinette shows up at his family's hotel looking to marry him, he couldn't be more surprised. Will Antoinette's quiet resolve and dignified attitude finally win him over and heal his grief?

After her husband dies in the Civil War, Fanny Ryan is well cared for by his extensive family in Boston. However, they would see her alone and mourning her late husband rather than finding her own happiness once more. After answering an ad from a man in the Wyoming territory seeking a bride, Fanny is finally certain that a new life will be hers.

Clementine is the oldest girl in the family, and they can't afford to feed the kids they've already got. Making sacrifices for her family, she agrees to marry a man thousands of miles away when the church finds her a match through a mail-order bride catalog.

Clémentine est la fille aînée d'une famille qui n'arrive plus à nourrir ses enfants. Contrainte de se sacrifier pour aider sa famille, elle accepte d'épouser un homme vivant à des milliers de kilomètres. C'est l'un de ces cow-boys qui commandent une fiancée par correspondance par le biais de l'église.

Tillie Montero doesn't want spinsterhood. In fact, she used to be happily married...or so she thought. Now divorced because her ex-husband couldn't abide the thought of a barren wife, she's resigned herself to a quiet existence. It isn't until she sees an ad for a mail-order bride that she begins dreaming of starting a new life again.

Clementine es la hija mayor de la familia y ya no pueden seguir alimentando a los hijos que ya tienen. Haciendo un sacrificio por la familia, acepta casarse con un hombre que está a miles de kilómetros de distancia cuando la iglesia le encuentra pareja mediante un catálogo de esposa por correspondencia.