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THE PEOPLE WE HATE AT THE WEDDING de Grant Ginder bientôt adapté au cinéma

La société de production FilmNation prépare une adaptation long-métrage du roman THE PEOPLE WE HATE AT THE WEDDING de Grant Ginder. Cette comédie, décrite comme le Quatre mariages et un enterrement de la nouvelle génération, sera réalisée par Claire Scanlon (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, The Good Place, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Glow…). Sont pressentis pour les rôles principaux : Allison Janney (La Couleur des sentiments, Juno, The Hours, Hairspray, Moi, Tonya…), Annie Murphy (Schitt’s Creek) et Ben Platt (Pitch Perfect, Cher Evan Hansen). Aucune date de sortie n’a été annoncée pour le moment. (Lire l’article de Deadline)

Dans le roman, paru en juin 2017 chez Flatiron Books aux États-Unis, une famille américaine dysfonctionnelle qui semble incapable de bien s’entendre se réunit à contrecœur à l’occasion d’un mariage en Angleterre. Les secrets seront révélés les uns après les autres, et c’est peut-être exactement ce dont les membres de cette famille ont besoin pour se réconcilier.

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MOTHER DAUGHTER WIDOW WIFE de Robin Wasserman bientôt adapté pour le petit écran

Une minisérie adaptée du roman MOTHER DAUGHTER WIDOW WIFE de Robin Wasserman est en développement aux studios Sony Pictures Television. Elle sera produite par Sharon Hall (Breaking Bad, Masters of Sex, Justified, Damages, The Expanse…) et c’est l’auteure elle-même qui travaillera sur le scénario. La date de sortie n’a pas encore été annoncée. (Lire l’article de Deadline)

Le roman, publié en juillet 2020 chez Scribner aux États-Unis et acclamé par la critique, vient d’être sélectionné pour le PEN/Faulkner Award aux côtés de quatre autres ouvrages. Le lauréat sera annoncé le 6 avril prochain.

Robin WassermanMOTHER DAUGHTER WIDOW WIFE est centré autour de la mystérieuse « Wendy Doe », femme amnésique retrouvée dans un bus sans papiers d’identité, et des personnages qui gravitent autour d’elle : Dr Strauss, le célèbre psychiatre qui étudie son cas, Lizzie, la chercheuse qui travaille avec lui, et plus tard Alice, la fille de Wendy. En quête d’informations sur sa mère disparue, cette dernière va contribuer à mettre au jour le sombre secret du Dr Strauss et son rôle dans la vie des trois femmes…

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SKIN OF THE SEA de Natasha Bowen

Sold at auction in a 7-figure deal, SKIN OF THE SEA is an unforgettable fantasy duology from #DVpit-winning debut author Natasha Bowen. Inspired by West African mythology, this is Children of Blood and Bone meets The Little Mermaid, in which a mermaid takes on the gods themselves.

SKIN OF THE SEA
by Natasha Bowen
Random House, November 2021

Credit: Natasha Bowen

A way to survive. A way to serve. A way to save.
Simi prayed to the gods, once. Now she serves them as Mami Wata—a mermaid—collecting the souls of those who die at sea and blessing their journeys back home. But when a living boy is thrown overboard, Simi does the unthinkable—she saves his life, going against an ancient decree. And punishment awaits those who dare to defy it. To protect the other Mami Wata, Simi must journey to the Supreme Creator to make amends. But something is amiss. There’s the boy she rescued, who knows more than he should. And something is shadowing Simi, something that would rather see her fail. . . . Danger lurks at every turn, and as Simi draws closer, she must brave vengeful gods, treacherous lands, and legendary creatures. Because if she doesn’t, then she risks not just the fate of all Mami Wata, but also the world as she knows it.

Natasha Bowen is a writer, a teacher, and a mother of three children. She is of Nigerian and Welsh descent and lives in Cambridge, England, where she grew up. Natasha studied English and creative writing at Bath Spa University before moving to East London, where she taught for nearly ten years. Her debut book was inspired by her passion for mermaids and African history. She is obsessed with Japanese and German stationery and spends stupid amounts on notebooks, which she then features on her secret Instagram. When she’s not writing, she’s reading, watched over carefully by Milk and Honey, her cat and dog.

LITTLE SOULS de Sandra Dallas

World War I is raging overseas while the home front battles the Spanish Flu. Schools are converted into hospitals, churches and funeral homes are closed, and the dead are left on the streets to be picked up nightly by horse drawn wagons collecting corpses. But are they all truly victims of the flu?

LITTLE SOULS
by Sandra Dallas
St. Martin’s Press, Winter 2022

Sisters Helen and Lutie moved to Denver from Iowa after their parents died. Helen, the oldest and a nurse, and Lutie, a carefree advertising designer, share a small, neat house and make a modest income from a rental apartment in the basement. But when their tenant dies from the flu, Helen and Lutie are thrust into much more than a sad family drama. There is no safe place for a wayward child in the midst of the epidemic, so the sisters are forced to take in the woman’s small daughter. Dorothy is a shy girl who tries to hide the bruises on her body and who shuts down at any mention of her absent father. They shower her with kindness and love and the three soon feel like a new family, albeit a temporary one. But then everything shatters. Lutie comes home from work and discovers a dead man on their kitchen floor and Helen standing above the body with an icepick in hand. Lutie has no doubt Helen killed the man—Dorothy’s father—defending herself or the little girl, but she knows that will be hard to prove. So when Helen’s doctor boyfriend arrives, a pact is made to protect the nurse at all costs. And this will not be the only secret they have to keep as the war and the flu knock relentlessly on their door.
Set against the backdrop of an epidemic that feels so familiar now, LITTLE SOULS is a powerful tale of sisterhood and of the sacrifices people make to protect those they love most.

Sandra Dallas is New York Times best-selling author of sixteen adult novels, four children’s novels, and two non-fiction books. Sandra’s novels with their themes of loyalty, friendship, and human dignity have been translated into a dozen foreign languages and have been optioned for films.

CHILDREN OF THE FLYING CITY de Jason Sheehan

Instantly classic storytelling and a crackling, breakthrough voice announce the arrival of a standout new middle-grade science fiction series that kicks off with the fast-paced adventures of orphan Milo Quick in the doomed final days of the flying city of Highgate.

CHILDREN OF THE FLYING CITY
by Jason Sheehan
Dutton, September 2021

Taken in the night and delivered to the flying city of Highgate when he was a small child, Milo Quick has never known another home. Now almost thirteen, Milo survives one daredevil grift at a time, relying only on his wits, speed, and an unfailingly loyal band of friends. War is coming to Highgate. As a massive armada surrounds the city, a small ship, the Halcyon, slips through the blockade. Led by a charismatic captain, the unconventional crew of the Halcyon has come to collect Milo for a bounty. But they too are being watched. As threats begin to close in on Milo, the truth will soon be revealed that he is not the true prize they seek, and that the stakes go far beyond the borders of the city, and time, as he knows it. In his debut novel for young readers, Jason Sheehan cleverly weaves together multiple points of view, creating a richly imagined world filled with danger, heart-racing adventure, and no shortage of wit.
And the dramatic, final cliffhanger makes it clear that the next books in the series will take them far beyond the streets and city wall of Highgate, with many more secrets left to discover.

Jason Sheehan is a freelance journalist and James Beard award-winning author. In addition to being a book and video game critic for NPR, as a former chef he is also the restaurant critic for Philadelphia Magazine. He has published three books for adults and this is his first book for young readers.