For me, the book is the call to that-and the ending is the answer. But it was after I gave birth to my son in 2016 that I realized Hannah’s story, in the most primal sense, was the story of becoming a mother. I worked on this book for many years, on and off, and had many different endings that I considered along the way. Was the brilliant ending planned or did it change as you wrote? No spoilers! It’s been a dream to write this with Julia Roberts in mind, and to bring her energy to Hannah’s character.Ĥ.
I’m writing the limited series now with my husband, the screenwriter Josh Singer. Do you think the character will change through her depiction? The novel is going to be made into a TV series, with Julia Roberts starring as the main character, Hannah. This involved reconsidering Hannah and Bailey’s relationships with their birth mothers, their ideas about motherhood and love, and of course the joy we can find in our found families.ģ. The full landscape of Hannah’s narrative concretized for me. I understood Hannah in a new way, and her desire to be there for Bailey in the middle of her own struggle. I had my first child several years into working on this novel and it changed everything about the story I was hoping to tell. Was this inspired by a real mother/daughter dynamic? The heart of the novel is the relationship between Hannah and her stepdaughter Bailey. Instead of the constant reversals leading her to seek revenge or reimagine her entire life, Hannah found herself becoming the hero of her own life.Ģ.
As my main character (Hannah Hall) navigated the twists and turns of her dilemma, I wanted her to find her way to somewhere unexpected, somewhere better. What I mean by that is I didn’t want the smoking gun to be that the husband turns out to be evil, or that the main character was wrong to trust herself, or that the story would hinge on betrayal. I wanted to write a thriller rooted in hope. But when I started writing The Last Thing He Told Me, I wanted to do it a little differently than I’d seen done before. I absolutely love thrillers and read them constantly. What inspired you to write your first domestic thriller? The Last Thing He Told Me is quite different from your previous novels. Laura Dave also has a special message for her Viper readers. Read on to discover how Laura came up with the novel and all about the forthcoming TV series starring Julia Roberts. Since we’re all dying to know more, our fearless editor Miranda Jewess did a Q&A with Laura. We’re absolutely thrilled with your response to Laura Dave’s The Last Thing He Told Me. ‘Holy Moly!… you will NOT be able to put this book down! If you’re looking for the ultimate page-turner, I highly recommend The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave.’ Laura Dave’s The Last Thing He Told Me is Reese Witherspoon’s Book Club pick for May, a #1 NYT bestseller and a #1 Amazon bestseller!
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