Sethe wants to explain everything to Beloved so that her daughter will understand why her own mother killed her. … Sethe wants to believe her mother would never have abandoned her, that she was as devoted a mother as Sethe herself is.

After a long and eventful life, Allan Karlsson ends up in a nursing home, believing it to be his last stop. The only problem is that he’s still in good health, and in one day, he turns 100. A big celebration is in the works, but Allan really isn’t interested (and he’d like a bit more control over his vodka consumption). So he decides to escape