Lifetime Gets Rights to The Memory Keeper's Daughter

Posted on January 24, 2007

Lifetime has purchased the rights to the Kim Edwards' bestselling novel, The Memory Keeper's Daughter. The bestseller Variety says producer Howard Braunstein is comparing the novel to Ordinary People and Kramer vs. Kramer.

Here's a brief plot description from publisher Penguin Random House: "A family drama, The Memory Keeper’s Daughter explores every mother’s silent fear: What would happen if you lost your child and she grew up without you? It is also an astonishing tale of love and how the mysterious ties that hold a family together help us survive the heartache that occurs when long-buried secrets are finally uncovered."

Lifetime has been doing novel adaptations like crazy lately. Starting next Monday for four consecutive Mondays, Lifetime is airing four original films based on Nora Roberts novels. First up is Heather Locklear and Johnathon Schaech, who are starring in the first film, Angels Fall, which features Locklear as a woman who witnesses a brutal massacre and who is pulled into another murder mystery. Angels Fall premieres Monday, January 29, at 9 PM (ET/PT) on Lifetime.

Update: Emily Watson, Dermot Mulroney, Gretchen Mol and Hugh Thompson star in The Memory Keeper's Daughter. The book was adapted by John Pielmeier and the film is directed by Mick Jackson. You can find out more on the IMDB page.