UCP Options Upcoming Laura Lippman Novel ‘Prom Mom’ (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comJoe Otterson TV Reporter UCP has optioned Laura Lippman’s new upcoming novel “Prom Mom,” Variety has learned exclusively. “It’s exciting to know that readers already are responding so enthusiastically to ‘Prom Mom,’ which was partly inspired by and very much formed by the strange, dark early days of the pandemic,” said Lippman. “I’ve always been fascinated by — and terrified of — people who believe absolutely in their own goodness, and ‘Prom Mom’ gave me a chance to explore just how far such people might go in pursuit of their own happiness, no matter the cost to others.” The news comes one day ahead of the novel’s release on July 25.
No network or streamer is currently attached, nor is there currently a writer set to adapt the book due to the ongoing writers’ strike.
The official synopsis for the book states: “Amber Glass has spent her entire adult life putting as much distance as possible between her and her hometown of Baltimore, where she fears she will forever be known as ‘Prom Mom’–the girl who allegedly killed her baby on the night of the prom after her date, Joe Simpson, abandoned her to pursue the girl he really liked.
But when circumstances bring Amber back to the city, she realizes she can have a second chance–as long as she stays away from Joe, now a successful commercial real estate developer, married to a plastic surgeon, Meredith, to whom he is devoted.
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