Sentences with phrase «novel about falling in love»

But to a careful reader, it quickly becomes clear that this is actually a novel about falling in love: first with a time period, and then with an awkward, tall librarian named Sadie.

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Mysterious characters from the city surrounding the hospital will be crucial in determining the baby's fate, as will a workaholic British doctor with whom Mariam finds herself falling in love... Alice Allan's debut novel is an original, vivid and moving story about attachment and loss.

He also attempted a book - writing career (one idea was to be «a Bill Bryson, but for horses»; another novel was to be about a «Hooray Henry who had fallen in love with a Russian hooker»).

As a teenager he began to sell his own comics — a graphic novel about two people falling in love in one case, a dreamy series of meditations about philosophy in another.

The film is directed by Francis Lawrence (I Am Legend) and is based on Sara Gruen's bestselling novel about a veterinary student (Pattinson) who joins a traveling circus and falls in love with the wife (Witherspoon) of the head trainer (Waltz).

The Garden of Eden (R for profanity, nudity and graphic sexuality) Screen adaptation of the posthumously - published Hemingway novel of the same name about an American couple (Jack Huston and Mena Suvari) honeymooning on the French Riviera whose relationship becomes strained when they both fall in love with a naughty, Italian nymphet (Caterina Murino).

«True Blood» (Sunday at 9 p.m. on HBO) «Six Feet Under» creator Alan Ball adapts a series of novels about a telepathic Louisiana waitress (Anna Paquin), who falls in love with a vampire (Stephen Moyer) in a world where the undead live out in the open.

Last year they were behind the script for the much loved The Spectacular Now and here they are again adapting from John Green's best selling novel about cancer kinds falling in love.

Twilight — Summit Entertainment, 120 mins — Catherine Hardwicke directs Melissa Rosenberg's screenplay based on Stephenie Meyer's novel about a teenage girl who falls in love with a vampire.

Kechiche (who, along with Ghalia Lacroix, adapted the screenplay from a French graphic novel by Julie Maroh) may not get everything about lesbian sex right, but he understands something important about the way people fall in and out love.

Jonathan Levine directs this adaptation of Isaac Marion's YA novel about a young zombie who falls in love, in theaters this February.

Now regarded as a landmark in gay cinema, Ivory's adaptation of E.M. Forster's posthumously published novel is about two Cambridge students (James Wilby, Hugh Grant) who fall in love in Edwardian England.

André Aciman's 2007 novel, about a precocious 17 - year - old boy falling in love with an older man on vacation in Italy, was wildly acclaimed but seemed like it'd be difficult to translate to screen.

How I Live Now (R for violence, profanity, sexuality and disturbing images) Adaptation of the Meg Rosoff novel of the same name about an American teenager (Saoirse Ronan) spending the summer vacation with relatives in the English countryside where she falls in love with a cousin (George MacKay) against the backdrop of the outbreak of World War III.

The most Oscar - ready title at Cannes is Carol, director Todd Haynes» adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel about a 1950s department store clerk who falls in love with an older woman she meets at her department store.

Mr. Morgan's Last Love (Unrated) Adaptation of Francoise Dornier's romance novel, set in Paris, about a suicidal American widower (Michael Caine) who gets a new lease on life when he falls head - over-heels for a young French woman (Clemence Poesy).

Luca Guadagnino's gorgeous new film Call Me By Your Name adapts André Aciman's 2007 novel about a precocious 17 - year - old named Elio (Timothée Chalamet), who falls in lust and love with his father's 24 - year - old graduate student, Oliver (Armie Hammer).

Luca Guadagnino's new film, which adapts André Aciman's 2007 novel about a precocious 17 - year - old who falls in lust and love with his father's 24 - year - old graduate student, is remarkable for how it turns literature into pure cinema, all emotion and image and heady sensation.

Luca Guadagnino's gorgeous Call Me by Your Name, set in 1983 in Northern Italy, adapts André Aciman's 2007 novel about a precocious 17 - year - old named Elio (Timothée Chalamet) who falls in lust and love with his father's 24 - year - old graduate student Oliver (Armie Hammer).

Director Josh Boone's adaptation of John Green's bestselling novel about two teenagers who meet at a cancer support group and fall in love, The Fault in Our Stars is engagingly plotted and anchored by rich characterizations — a swollen tearjerker that confirms the star presence of Shailene Woodley.

Movies about people falling in love when one of them is dying is a particular sub-genre of romantic drama, and the latest entry into the field is Me Before You, a tearjerker adapted by Jojo Moyes from her novel of the same name, and directed by Thea Sharrock, a stage director making her feature film debut.

In Todd Haynes» unspeakably beautiful adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's semi-autobiographical novel about a 1950s Manhattan shopgirl (Rooney Mara) who is thunderstruck by a mutual infatuation with a well - to - do housewife (Cate Blanchett), the film illustrates — among other things — how falling in love is an act of looking, while being in love is an act of seeinIn Todd Haynes» unspeakably beautiful adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's semi-autobiographical novel about a 1950s Manhattan shopgirl (Rooney Mara) who is thunderstruck by a mutual infatuation with a well - to - do housewife (Cate Blanchett), the film illustrates — among other things — how falling in love is an act of looking, while being in love is an act of seeinin love is an act of looking, while being in love is an act of seeinin love is an act of seeing.

A passion project for British producer Alison Owen, Tulip Fever is based on Deborah Moggach's novel about an artist (DeHaan) who falls in love with a married woman (Vikander) after he's commissioned by the husband (Waltz) to paint her portrait.

In a creative free - fall, he received a scholarship to the University of Tokyo, wrote a PhD dissertation about the love affair between cinema and architecture, earned an MFA in Directing from UCLA, taught college - level filmmaking in Dubai, got his first novel published, and is adapting it into a filIn a creative free - fall, he received a scholarship to the University of Tokyo, wrote a PhD dissertation about the love affair between cinema and architecture, earned an MFA in Directing from UCLA, taught college - level filmmaking in Dubai, got his first novel published, and is adapting it into a filin Directing from UCLA, taught college - level filmmaking in Dubai, got his first novel published, and is adapting it into a filin Dubai, got his first novel published, and is adapting it into a film.

Author of the acclaimed picture - book biography Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker (2014), Patricia Hruby Powell turns her attention to the true story of Richard Loving and Mildred Jeter with her nonfiction novel in verse Loving vs. Virginia, about a white man and a black woman who fell in love and married in a time when this was an illegal act.

Jackson Pearce made her debut with As You Wish, a YA novel about a girl who accidentally summons a genie — and then falls in love with him.

Rosoff imagines a third world war in this provocative novel about 15 - year - old Daisy, who visits her aunt's English farm and falls in love with her cousin before terrorists attack.

Winner of the British Carnegie Medal as well the Printz Award, Chambers» novel combines WWII romance with an edgy, contemporary story about English teen Jacob, who falls in love with a beautiful young woman even as he's attracted to an openly gay young man.

So we're especially excited to read her second novel, which is about sisterhood and falling in love.

SF novel about a human artist who falls in love with an alien woman and has himself genetically altered so that they can marry and interbreed.

Read about the Chiricahua in my novel APACHE PORTAL, a historical fantasy story of a pioneer rancher's son who falls in love with an Apache girl on the Arizona frontier of 1880.

Her novel, Hey Harry Hey Matilda, is about two fraternal twins, Harry and Matilda Goodman, who fall in love with each other.

I knew nothing about Fables prior to playing through the last season, and, after finishing The Wolf Among Us, I came out seeking to obtain several of the franchise's graphic novel collections to really immerse myself in this series I had fallen in love with.

In addition to How to Find a Woman... Or Not, Gary Morgenstein's books include the novels Loving Rabbi Thalia Kleinman, a romance about a divorced man who falls in love with a beautiful woman rabbi; Jesse's Girl, a powerful story about a father's search for his adopted teenage son, and Take Me Out to the Ballgame, a political baseball thriller, as well as the baseball Rocky The Man Who Wanted to Play Center Field for the New York YankeeIn addition to How to Find a Woman... Or Not, Gary Morgenstein's books include the novels Loving Rabbi Thalia Kleinman, a romance about a divorced man who falls in love with a beautiful woman rabbi; Jesse's Girl, a powerful story about a father's search for his adopted teenage son, and Take Me Out to the Ballgame, a political baseball thriller, as well as the baseball Rocky The Man Who Wanted to Play Center Field for the New York Yankeein love with a beautiful woman rabbi; Jesse's Girl, a powerful story about a father's search for his adopted teenage son, and Take Me Out to the Ballgame, a political baseball thriller, as well as the baseball Rocky The Man Who Wanted to Play Center Field for the New York Yankees.

Specifically, engaging in activities that are novel, challenging, exciting, and interesting promotes self - expansion, or the sense that you are growing as a person (see more about self - expansion here).1 These types of activities are especially effective because they are reminiscent of the earlier experience of falling in love, which promotes an enhanced self - concept and increased self - esteem.2