Aged 13, Martha Long is rescued by the courts from the clutches of her evil stepfather & her feckless mother. After numerous arrests for shoplifting, a judge rules that she is to be sent to a convent school. Her initial relief at escaping the abuse & neglect she suffered at home is, however, short-lived. This is her memoir. ...

Martha is now in her thirties. Her daughter has left home & she is lonely & vulnerable. The hard knocks have taken their toll on her health. As she teeters on the brink of a nervous breakdown, a phone call summons ghosts from the past. She discovers that one of the family is dead & the others need her help. ...

When Martha draws us back into her life, she is in her 30s & has long shaken off the shackles of her mother's partner Jackser, but her daughter has left home & Martha is in bad health, lonely & vulnerable. As she teeters on the brink of a nervous breakdown, a phone call summons ghosts from the past. ...

An instalment of Martha Long's real-life account of abuse, deprivation & cruelty at the hands of her mother's partner & the establishment, Martha is now 16 & her time at the convent school is up. It leads us through her first months of freedom. ...

At 16, Martha collapses on the streets, suffering from starvation, exposure & absolute exhaustion. She has reached rock bottom & something must give. Otherwise, she may come to an untimely end. After Martha is taken to hospital, Lady Luck smiles kindly on her & she is given the opportunity to get off the streets for ever. ...

Bollywood comedy thriller. The dreamy, self-indulgent members of a small-town amateur dramatics group, long reduced to staging repeat performances of the traditional play ' Mughall-E-Azam', become involved in a dangerous mission when they inadvertently foil terrorist plans for a major bombing. Multiple disguises & much confusion ensue as the actors go all out to avert a national catastrophe in their own inimitable style. ...

Recorded at Cleo's in New York, popular Cabaret singer Mabel Mercer performs a 17-song set. Songs are: ' That's For Me', ' Blame it on My Youth', ' My Love is a Wanderer', ' Get Well Soon', ' If Love Were All', ' Wait Till You're Sixty-Five', ' Clouds', ' Experiment', ' Being Green', ' More I Cannot Wish For', ' Isn't He Adorable', ' The Times Of Your Life', ' Trouble Comes', ' Some Fine Day', ' It Amazes Me', ' Remind Me' & ' It's All Right With Me'. ...