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Linda Daly had a seemingly charmed life: her mother Nancy was married to the head of Warner Bros, and her parents were one of the most influential and prominent couples in Los Angeles. Even their divorce couldn’t test the bond between mother and daughter, and their family grew: her mother married Dick Riordan, mayor of L.A.; her father married songwriter Carole Bayer Sager. The extended family used their combined resources to help a number of cultural and philanthropic concerns across the country until they encountered the one thing they could not overcome: Nancy’s diagnosis of stage four pancreatic cancer. The Last Pilgrimage   So mother and daughter teamed up to begin a search for a miracle cure – a roller-coaster ride through the rigors of western medicine, the surgeries and chemotherapies, and the untested boundaries of alternative medicine. All along Linda stayed by her mother’s side, facing the fear of the unknown, as she struggled with both her mother’s...

A Teacher is given charge of a ruffian high school class in the swinging sixties London. Interesting battles for control ensue with unpredictable outcomes, but as always, it's captivating to ensure that life remains compelling.   Sidney Poitier , who in 1955 played a student in a tough inner-city high school, portrays a teacher (Mr. Thackeray) assigned to a similar institution in To Sir, With Love . Unable to find work as an engineer, Mr. Thackeray accepts a teaching post in London's East End slums. To reach his sullen, rebellious students, there are interesting battles for control ensuing with unpredictable outcomes. Thackeray throws away his textbooks and endeavors to reach them as human beings--and as the adults, they're going to become. It's an uphill climb as his student's faces and learns about the real challenges of life, they are maturing and gradually won over. They began referring to their teacher as "Sir," not out of blind obedience bu...