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The Descendants: A Novel (9781400066339): Kaui Hart Hemmings: Books
Hemmings's bittersweet debut novel, an expansion of her first published short story ("The Minor Wars," from House of Thieves and originally published in StoryQuarterly ), stars besieged and wryly introspective attorney Matt King, the land-rich descendant of Hawaiian royalty and American ...
Kaui Hart Hemmings
kauiharthemmings.com — The Descendants is an expansion of “The Minor Wars,” a story from her collection, House of Thieves.... The Descendants has been published in the U.K (Cape), Italy (Newton & Compton), Holland (Unieboek) and Germany. It has been optioned by Fox Searchlight ... (more) Kaui Hart Hemmings
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George Clooney May Go Sideways With The Descendents
Cinema Blend News — ... the project. That either means he’s still in the decision phase, or it means the projects dead and he’s planning to swoop down and gobble up the remains. I’m betting it’s the former. So what’s it about? If he jumps on board Clooney will star as a wealthy landowner who takes his two daughters on the search for his wife’s lover. You’d think this must be a period movie, since I can’t think of any other reason to refer to any modern man as a “wealthy landowner”, but in fact the way Amazon describes the book it’s based on, it would seem not. I mean technically Donald Trump is a ...

George Clooney May Go Sideways With The Descendants
Cinema Blend News — ... the project. That either means he’s still in the decision phase, or it means the projects dead and he’s planning to swoop down and gobble up the remains. I’m betting it’s the former. So what’s it about? If he jumps on board Clooney will star as a wealthy landowner who takes his two daughters on the search for his wife’s lover. You’d think this must be a period movie, since I can’t think of any other reason to refer to any modern man as a “wealthy landowner”, but in fact the way Amazon describes the book it’s based on, it would seem not. I mean technically Donald Trump is a ...

George Clooney and Alexander Payne could pair up for 'The Descendants'
Screener — ... The plot, as provided by Variety, "centers on a wealthy landowner who takes his two daughters on a search for his wife's lover in the hopes of keeping his family together."  A look at a summary of the source novel, however, reveals more nuance as well as the trademark dark comedy tone Payne is so adept at handling. ...

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