Claire Dumas

Miriam, with her two children, escapes her husband, whom she fears. (imdb)

Angela was 8 years old when the first McDonald's opened in East Berlin - Since then, she has been fighting against the curse of her generation: to be born "too late" at a time of global political depression. Coming from a family of activists, her sister chose the world of business and her mother abandoned overnight her political struggle to move alone to the countryside. (Hugo Van Herpe)

The protagonist, Sophie, is a retired lawyer. She believed herself married to the owner of a relatively successful software company. Soon after his death, she discovers that her husband lied about his line of work. He was actually active in the porn industry, and her inheritance comes in the form of a financially-struggling production company. (imdb)