One evening, eight Mennonite women climb into a hay loft to conduct a secret meeting. a wry, freewheeling novel of ideas that touches on the nature of evil, questions of free will, collective responsibility, cultural determinism, and, above all, forgiveness.' - New York Times Book Review, Editors' Choice “This amazing, sad, shocking, but touching novel, based on a real-life event, could be right out of The Handmaid's Tale.” -Margaret Atwood, on Twitter She says, “Hollywood can’t survive without its writers.The basis of the Oscar-winning film from writer/director Sarah Polley, starring Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, with Ben Whishaw and Frances McDormand. Grace Truly, who makes her feature film debut in Book Club: The Next Chapter, says that being from London, she doesn’t have as much insight into the strike as an actress in the United States would, but she acknowledges that people go on strike for a reason, and Hollywood should listen. So, hopefully, they conclude the same thing.” And we wanna feel supported, and we wanna feel like ideas reign supreme, because they do. We’re sick of it.” Adds Simms, “Hopefully Hollywood will realize how important writers are, and that’s where it all starts.

“The solidarity we’re seeing between all the guilds and all the teamsters, everything is amazing,” Holderman says. The co-writers also open up about the writers strike and their hopes for a speedy resolution, with Fonda stressing the importance of joining guild members on the picket lines and providing them with financial support. “It’s a movie I want to see,” she tells THR.

Why wouldn’t you use the talent that we have?”Ĭo-writer Erin Simms echoes that statement, pointing out that when Book Club came out in 2018, people were surprised that it did so well, but she says that it makes sense that it was a movie that audiences were excited about. “But it’s also it’s like, they’re great actors. “They, to me, they’re some of the most inspiring people on the planet, these four women,” he tells THR. Joe Jonas Admits He Was 'So Jealous' When Brother Nick Landed 'The Voice' Gig: 'I Cried My Eyes Out'

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