Josh Bratman at Immersive Pictures is attached to produce The Final Six at Sony, and Lauren Abrahams is overseeing for the studio. The high-concept hook touches on aspirational and relevant themes of environmentalism, global unity and leadership. The HarperCollins deal is the final piece to an unusual process in which a major studio bid on an unpublished book proposal, triggering a publishing scrap that wrapped last week - just in time for next month’s Chicago Book Fair.įinal Six imagines a present-day world under a first-of-its-kind coalition between the UN and the international space agencies, with a plot to send a team of six intrepid teenagers to create the first human settlement on Jupiter’s moon Europa. This is the manuscript that Deadline told you Sony acquired in a pre-emptive deal earlier this month after seeing only the few chapters that were available to read. Alexandra Monir’s upcoming novel The Final Six has completed a wild ride after heating bidding saw HarperCollins emerge to seal publishing rights to her high-concept YA book.
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So when war ignites the nation, Georgey follows her passion for nursing during a time when doctors considered women on the battlefront a bother. Georgeanna “Georgey” Woolsey isn’t meant for the world of lavish parties and the demure attitudes of women of her stature. Now, in Sunflower Sisters, Kelly tells the story of Ferriday’s ancestor Georgeanna Woolsey, a Union nurse during the Civil War whose calling leads her to cross paths with Jemma, a young enslaved girl who is sold off and conscripted into the army, and Anne-May Wilson, a Southern plantation mistress whose husband enlists. Martha Hall Kelly’s million-copy bestseller Lilac Girls introduced readers to Caroline Ferriday. The conversation will occur on Tuesday, April 6th at 6:00pm Central time.Īfter the live talk has ended, the video will be archived on the Parnassus Books Facebook page under Videos. This is a virtual event which will take place on the Parnassus Books Facebook page. Parnassus Books is pleased to welcome author Martha Hall Kelly to celebrate her new novel, Sunflower Sisters. Edith also woke up and entered the room at this time, rubbing her sleepy eyes. Margaret was told to model the shawls since Edith was still asleep, and she was doing this when Captain Lennox's brother, Henry, was announced. She joined her aunt downstairs, where a group of women were gathered, talking about the wedding and the Indian shawls Edith would be given. Now eighteen, Margaret mused on those happy years and sighed to the maid that she would be sorry to bid farewell. Margaret was going to return to Helstone where her father and mother lived, but as much as she was excited about this prospect, she had lived ten years in her aunt's home. Margaret and Edith grew up together, but now Edith was about to marry Captain Lennox and the two would move to Corfu. The novel opened with Margaret gently trying to wake her cousin Edith, who had fallen asleep on the drawing-room sofa. And yet, as her story reminds us, we yearn for still more.”- The Wall Street Journal Cogman has opened a new pathway into our vast heritage of imagined wonderlands. “Witty fantasy.a thrilling and deliciously atmospheric adventure.”- Locus “A book in which to wallow.”- The Guardian (UK) “The lightning-fast pace, colorful characters, and a surprise revelation will thrill fantasy fans eager for more of Cogman’s Invisible Library series.”- Booklist “A dazzling bibliophilic debut.”-Charles Stross, Hugo Award–winning author of The Nightmare Stacks “Clever dialogue, time hopping through fun locales, plenty of action, and hints of fresh plotting will have readers looking forward to further Library missions.”- Library Journal “Fantasy fans will be thrilled as book eight of the action-packed series ventures further into the depths of the Library than ever before.”– Booklist (starred review) It’s a joy to see this series going strong.”- Publishers Weekly “Cogman skillfully gets new readers up to speed on the rich worldbuilding…Bibliophiles new to the series will be charmed by the premise and find this an easy starting point, while returning readers will be thrilled with the nail-biting conclusion. Thorne, however, is determined to prove to her that no obstacle is insurmountable when a duke loves a woman. Yet Gillie knows the aristocracy would never accept a duchess born in sin. But every moment together is edged with desire and has Thorne rethinking his choice of wife. After nursing him back from the brink, Gillie agrees to help him comb London's darker corners for his wayward bride. Being left at the altar is humiliating being rescued from thugs by a woman - albeit a brave and beautiful one - is the pièce de résistance to the Duke of Thornley's extraordinarily bad day. He's a grievously injured, distractingly handsome gentleman who doesn't belong in Whitechapel, much less recuperating in Gillie's bed. So, when suddenly faced with a soul in need at her door - or the alleyway by her tavern - Gillie doesn't hesitate. He’s a grievously injured, distractingly handsome gentleman who doesn’t belong in Whitechapel, much. So, when suddenly faced with a soul in need at her dooror the alleyway by her tavernGillie doesn’t hesitate. Gillie Trewlove knows what a stranger's kindness can mean, having been abandoned on a doorstep as a baby and raised by the woman who found her there. Gillie Trewlove knows what a stranger’s kindness can mean, having been abandoned on a doorstep as a baby and raised by the woman who found her there. |