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Jennifer Weiner Opens Up About Her Father’s Death, Motherhood & ‘Hungry Heart’
Jennifer WeinerOctober 10, 2016
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Caught this good girl having a bask on the kitchen table. She’s like “where my warmspot goes, I will follow.” #moochie #ratterrier #ratterriersofinstagram
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I started doing the thing that authors do to amuse/torture themselves, which is casting the movie of the book in your head. In the movie of MRS. EVERYTHING, who could play Jo and Bethie, over the course of their entire lives? The actresses would need to be able to age fifty years and do drama and comedy. They'd have to be believably Jewish. And Jo would ideally be athletic and kind of tomboy-ish, and Bethie, the pretty one, would be plus size. And you guys? I got nothing. Part of the problem is that there are so few films about women, full stop, where the women are stars, the center of the story, and not just wives or girlfriends or characters who are there to support, or thwart, the hero on his journey. (Did you see the survey that came out around Oscar time, where someone counted the words spoken by men versus women in all the Oscar-winning movies? And there weren't any movies where women spoke more words, and only one -- Silence of the Lambs -- where it was close to equal, and many, many, many award-winning movies where women barely spoke at all?) And then you add in Jewish. And tomboy-ish. And plus-size, which is still the biggest disqualifier of all. Who's even left? Maybe Natalie Portman, except she's said she steers clear of specifically Jewish roles. Bette Midler and Dianne Wiest aren't the right age. I'd buy Anne Hathaway and Drew Barrymore as anyone, and I loved Beanie Feldstein in 'Lady Bird,' and Aidy Bryant in general, and Toni Collette was pretty amazing in "In Her Shoes...." These pictures are from some of the my favorite movies about women, or sisters; the ones I was thinking about as I tried to come up with names or inspiration. I'd love to hear your ideas. Who ya got? #mrseverything #booktofilm #novels #beachbooks #summerreading

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