Fatos da Vida was released in the year 1979。Fatos da Vida is also called as "The Facts of Life", Vivendo e Aprendendo, Garrett's Girls, Drôle de vie, Albero delle mele, Hechos de la vida。

A group of girls attending a boarding school experience the joys and the trials of adolescence under the guiding hand of housemother Edna Garrett. Later in the series, Mrs. Garrett is promoted to school dietician, and four of the girls move into new quarters above the cafeteria. Eventually she leaves the school and opens her own business, with help from her girls.

Fatos da Vida actors and actresses include Alex Rocco, Charlotte Rae, Cloris Leachman, George Clooney, Jami Gertz, Loren Lester, Mackenzie Astin, Molly Ringwald, Nancy McKeon, Paul Provenza, Scott Bryce。