My Life Without Me. Poster of the 2003 movie and cover of the 1997 book, Pretending the Bed is a Raft
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Pretending the Bed is a Raft
Nanci Kincaid, 1997
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Isabel Coixet, 2003

Ann is a hard-working 23-year-old mother with two small daughters, an unemployed husband, a mother who sees her life as a failure, and a jailed father whom she has not seen for ten years. She decides to change her hair, record birthday messages for the girls for every year until they’re 18, and tries to set up her husband with another woman.


The Vineyard. Poster of the 2021 TV series and cover of the 2015 book
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The Vineyard
María Dueñas, 2015
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Guillem Morales, Alberto Ruiz Rojo, Patricia Font, 2021

Set in the 1860s, the fiction moves across different locations such as London, Cuba, Cádiz and Mexico. The plot tracks the love story between Mauro Larrea and Soledad Montalvo, a refined woman belonging to a noted winemaking family from Jerez.


The Oxford Murders. Poster of the 2008 movie and cover of the 2003 book
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The Oxford Murders
Guillermo Martínez, 2003
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Álex de la Iglesia, 2008

In 1993, Martin, a US student at the University of Oxford, wants Arthur Seldom as his thesis supervisor. He idolises Seldom and has learned all about him. He takes accommodation in Oxford at the house of Mrs. Eagleton, an old friend of Seldom. Also in the house is her daughter, Beth, who is her full-time caregiver and a musician by occupation.