

In her message, Eleanor shares a tumultuous story about a headstrong young swimmer who escapes her island home under suspicion of murder.

In present-day California, Eleanor Bennett’s death leaves behind a puzzling inheritance for her two children, Byron and Benny: a black cake, made from a family recipe with a long history, and a voice recording. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Oprah Daily, NPR, BuzzFeed, Glamour, PopSugar, Book Riot, She Reads In development as a Hulu original series produced by Marissa Jo Cerar, Oprah Winfrey (Harpo Films), and Kapital Entertainment “Wilkerson transports you across the decades and around the globe accompanied by complex, wonderfully drawn characters.”-Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Daisy Jones & The Six, and Malibu Rising


Here are 25 books that are being adapted into movies or series in 20. Will the adaptation include all of your favorite lines or moments? Will it make surprising changes that elevate the material? Or will the book truly end up being better than the movie? We’ll never know until we watch, which is why we love to watch books being made into movies. Now you get to see it all play out in front of you. Is there anything more exciting than seeing a book you read and enjoyed being adapted into a film or movie? You’ve imagined all of these scenes and characters in your head.
