By Denise Petski Senior Managing Editor EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has acquired Deb Spera’s novel Call Your Daughter Home to develop as a potential series, sources close to the project tell Deadline.
Spera is penning the adaptation for the book, which was published by Park Row Books last June. Netflix declined comment. The story is set in 1924 South Carolina and follows three women who have come to a crossroads.
The three women seemingly have nothing in common, yet as they unite to stand up to injustices that have long plagued the small town, they find strength in the bond that ties women together.
Told in the voices of Gertrude, Retta, and Annie, Call Your Daughter Home is a story about the power of family, community, and ferocity of motherhood.
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