Moore also he is the creative force behind some of Broadway’s biggest hits, which include Fully Committed, Shrek the Musical, for which he earned Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk Award nominations. In her 2014 novel, The Vacationers, Straub takes the reader on an escapist fantasy with a flawed family that goes on holiday in Mallorca in This Time Tomorrow, the escapist fantasy. He next will direct and produce Temple Hill’s Goodbye for Now. The film will debut on Amazon Prime Video. “It’s a hilariously funny, ingenious and deeply moving look at the way time is our most precious commodity, and how we spend it makes all the difference in who we become and how we are remembered.”īest known for directing such hit comedies as Pitch Perfect and Sisters, Moore and Lionsgate already had strong ties after he most recently directed the studio’s Shotgun Wedding, starring Jennifer Lopez and Josh Duhamel. “I’m so excited to reteam with Lionsgate and Todd and Alex at Mandeville to bring Emma’s extraordinary book to audiences,” Moore said. It's a topic Emma Straub, author of 2012's delightful 'Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures,' deftly explores in her sunny third novel, 'The Vacationers.' It's a treat to read about the people at the. Despite never having cared for the victim (not for a single day of their 40-year. The novel is in its third week on the NYT Hardcover Fiction Best Sellers list after debuting at No. Astrid a widowed, 68-year-old mother of three sees an acquaintance struck and killed by a school bus. Is there anything that she would change if she could? Now armed with a new perspective on her own life and his, past events take on new meaning. When she wakes up in 1996, reliving her 16th birthday, it isn’t her adolescent body that shocks her or seeing her high school crush – it’s her dad: the vital, charming, 40-something version of her father with whom she is reunited. The book centers on Alice, who’s about to turn 40 and caring for her ailing father. Straub at her dazzling best.Lionsgate TV Chairman Kevin Beggs Talks Projects With 42, International Productions, Recent Successes & Netflix Woes - Banff " The Vacationers is a beautifully told story that walks the tightrope of family angst and connection with hilarity and truth.It's Ms. "Charming and absorbing, this is a novel that demands to be read in long, satisfying gulps." - Maggie Shipstead, author of Seating Arrangements
"Witty, big-hearted, and packed with wisdom, this novel is a breezy read that sneaks in its emotional wallops and leaves you smiling for days." - Maria Semple, author of Where'd You Go, Bernadette She's a natural talent and a gorgeous and witty storyteller, who makes each sentence look not only easy, but perfectly real." - Elizabeth Gilbert "I would read anything Emma Straub writes. A novel that is both a lot of fun to read and has plenty of insight into the marital bond and the human condition." - Kirkus "The pacing is quick but satisfying and the characters themselves feel genuinely complex, interesting, and knowledgeable.A pleasant, readable journey." - Publishers Weekly
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