Reese Witherspoon To Perform New Harper Lee Title

REESE WITHERSPOON TO PERFORM NEW HARPER LEE TITLE

Actress Reese Witherspoon will narrate the audio version of the year’s hottest book, Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee. The unabridged audio version will be released simultaneously with the book on July 14. Witherspoon is set to hit the recording studio this month.

Lee’s new novel, written in the 1950s but recently rediscovered, is a sequel to her classic To Kill a Mockingbird.

“As a Southerner, it is an honor and privilege to give voice to the Southern characters who inspired my childhood love of reading, Scout and Atticus Finch,” Witherspoon said. “I am eager for readers to be transported to a pivotal time in American history in the manner that only Harper Lee’s gorgeous prose can deliver.”

Witherspoon, 39, who was born in New Orleans, is a book lover who has brought some of her favorite recent titles to the big screen. She starred in and was a producer on Wild and a producer of Gone Girl. Along with Nicole Kidman, Witherspoon has optioned Liane Moriarty’s Big Little Lies, in development for TV.

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Amazon’s Top Selling Books For 2014

Sue Monk Kidd’s The Invention of Wings was Amazon’s top-selling title in 2014, the e-tailer said recently. The title was released January 7, and was Amazon’s Best Book of the Month pick for January. The book was also a selection for Oprah’s Book Club.

Gray Mountain by John Grisham came in second, followed by All the Light We Cannot See, Twenty Seconds Ago, and Big Little Lies.

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Misfits ~ Show Oct 4 and 5

FEATURED BOOKS PREVIEWED

“How to Tell Toledo from the Night Sky” by Lydia Netzer
“Big Little Lies” by Liane Moriarty
“We Are Called to Rise” by Laura McBride
“All Fall Down” by Jennifer Weiner
“The Girls from Corona del Mar” by Rufi Thorpe
“Heft” by Liz Moore
“2 AM at the Cat’s Pajamas” by Marie-Helene Bertino

INTERVIEW
Liane Moriarty, Author of “Big Little Lies”

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New titles that spotlight endearing characters who just don’t fit in. These stories about misfits pack heart…and the punches that hit us squarely in our emotional center. Elaine speaks with Liane Moriarty, whose “Big Little Lies” is coming soon to the big screen.

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“Big Little Lies” Coming To The Big Screen With Nicole Kidman And Reese Witherspoon

“BIG LITTLE LIES” COMING TO THE BIG SCREEN WITH NICOLE KIDMAN AND REESE WITHERSPOON

Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon have optioned screen rights to The New York Times bestseller Big Little Lies. The Oscar-winning actresses will shape the novel by Liane Moriarty as a star vehicle for themselves.

The novel tells the comic tale of three mothers of kindergartners whose apparently perfect lives unravel to the point of murder. Australian novelist Moriarty, who’ll serve in a producing capacity, wrote the bestsellers What Alice Forgot, Three Wishes, The Hypnotist’s Love Story and The Husband’s Secret, along with a line of children’s books.

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Valentine’s Titles ~ Show Feb 8

FEATURED BOOKS PREVIEWED

“Under the Wide and Starry Sky” by Nancy Horan

“I Always Loved You” by Robin Oliviera

“This is the Story of a Happy Marriage” by Ann Patchett

“The Hypnotist’s Love Story” by Liane Moriarty

“Love Minus Eighty” by Will McIntosh

“All That Is” by James Salter

“The Rosie Project” by Graeme Simsion

INTERVIEW:

Robin Oliviera, Author

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Love is in the air…and on the page in this special salute to a bouquet of titles picked for Valentine’s Day.