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Amazon MGM Wins Auction For Hot Book ‘Yesteryear’; Anne Hathaway Attached To Star & Produce Adaptation Of Caro Claire Burke Novel

Amazon MGM Wins Auction For Hot Book 'Yesteryear:' Anne Hathaway Attached To Star & Produce In Novel By Caro Claire Burke

So what if there are nannies and producers behind the scenes, her kitchen hiding industrial-grade fridges and ovens, her husband the Republican equivalent of a Kennedy, her oldest daughter beginning to ask questions about whether her mother is a “trade wife”? Her “daughter” informs her it’s 1805 — where just yesterday Natalie was curating photos of homemade sourdough for her Instagram, she’s now expected to haul firewood and handwash clothes until her hands bleed. It plays out, evocative of The Stepford Wives mixed with Leave the World Behind, with a bit of Black Mirror in there and the kind of biting social commentary Margaret Atwood was known for.

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