When I recently wrote about picking a favorite book out of the nearly 200 I’ve read in the past half-decade, PureWow readers had thoughts. Some agreed with me. Some thought I had overlooked better options. And some were not-so-impressed with my “number.” (Many of you read a book a week; I’m not worthy!)
But overall, the reaction to my pick was positive: Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell is a fantastic, gut-wrenching account of Shakespeare’s wife, Agnes—moving between her story of marriage and motherhood and the tragic death that befalls her child. It’s beautiful and visceral, almost demanding a screen adaptation.
That said, I’m always skeptical when a book I love so much gets the cinematic treatment. Will the movie do it justice? Will there be additions and omissions that just bug me?
Here to try is Chloé Zhao, director of Nomadland, one of my favorite movies of the past decade. (But that’s a separate list!)