Joe Otterson TV ReporterSister has acquired the television rights to Jennifer Weiner’s novel “Mrs. Everything.”The book tells a multigenerational tale of two sisters, spanning from the 1950s to the present day.
Growing up in 1950s Detroit, Jo and Bethie Kaufman are sisters who, as their lives unfold against the backdrop of Vietnam, the civil rights movement, and women’s liberation, find themselves struggling to honor their truths versus pleasing the world.Weiner will serve as an executive producer on the project along with Carla Hacken for Paper Pictures and Kate Fenske for Sister.“Mrs.
Everything” was Weiner’s thirteenth novel. In total, her books have sold more than 11 million copies and are in print in 36 countries.
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