(i.e., how my Iowa MFA friend refers to the books I’ve read that eventually become movies)

a) The Virgin Suicides

b) Girl, Interrupted

c) Brokeback Mountain

d) The Prince of Tides

e) My Son the Fanatic

f) Angela’s Ashes (but who didn’t)

g) The Cider House Rules

h) The House of Sand & Fog  (fyi: this book is terrible!)

i) The Shipping News

j) Cheaper by the Dozen

k) Riding in Cars with Boys