An Odd, but interesting collection of film and books...

From Publishers Lunch Weekly:

GENERAL/OTHER:

Former editor of Cosmopolitan and Her magazines in the UK Linda Kelsey's FIFTY IS NOT A FOUR-LETTER WORD, about a magazine executive who turns fifty and immediately is fired, learns her mother is terminally ill, and is left by her husband, to Amy Einhorn at Warner, with Emily Griffin editing, by Jonny Geller at Curtis Brown UK (NA).

CHILDREN'S/YOUNG ADULT:

Jenna Bush's ANA'S STORY: A Journey of Hope, based on her experiences working with UNICEF in Central America, focusing on a seventeen-year-old single mother who was orphaned at a young age and is living with HIV, with photographs by Mia Baxter, to Kate Jackson at Harper Children's, for publication in fall 2007 (Harper says they'll print about 500,000 copies), by Robert Barnett at Williams & Connolly (world). Her proceeds will go to UNICEF, where she is working as an intern.

BIOGRAPHY:

David Cruise and Alison Griffiths' CHASING FREEDOM: Wild Horse Annie and the Last of the Wild Horses, the story of Velma "Wild Horse Annie" Johnston, who fought to protect wild horses from being sent to slaughter, leading to the 1971 "Wild Horse Annie Law" - which has recently been gutted, putting the nation's mustangs back at risk, to Samantha Martin at Scribner, in conjunction with Kevin Hanson at Simon & Schuster Canada

(NA).HISTORY/POLITICS/CURRENT AFFAIRS:

National Journal investigative reporter Murray Waas's instant book THE UNITED STATES v. I. LEWIS LIBBY, drawn from the transcript of the trial of Scooter Libby, just convicted on four of five felony counts of lying and obstruction of justice, including original reporting and an introductory essay, to Philip Turner at Union Square Press, for publication in April as a trade paperback original (world).

MEMOIR:

Vanity Fair contributor and LA Times writer Richard Rushfield's DON'T FOLLOW ME, I'M LOST: A Memoir of Hampshire College at the Twilight of the 80s, the story of a pure-bred LA teen who abandons the west coast sunshine and mentality to discover the unique "slacker" culture found on this Western Massachusetts campus just as it is being eclipsed by the rise of political correctness, to Brett Valley at Gotham, in a pre-empt, by Daniel Greenberg at Levine Greenberg Literary Agency (NA).

Musician and former *NSYNC member Lance Bass's OUT OF SYNC, a "candid" book about his life, his music, and his life as a gay man, to Patrick Price at Simon Spotlight Entertainment, for publication in October 2007, by Mel Berger at William Morris Agency (world).

NARRATIVE:

US News and World Report writer and contributing editor Ulrich Boser's MISSING: The untold story behind the world's largest art theft, employing the case files of Harold Smith, the late, world-famous art detective, to unravel the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum robbery, following unfinished leads linking the theft (which included one of only 36 known Vermeers) to FBI's wanted man Whitey Bulger and the IRA, and exploring the world of art, theft and obsession, to Elisabeth Dyssegaard at Smithsonian Books, by Gillian MacKenzie of the Gillian MacKenzie Agency (world).gmackenzie@gillianmackenzieagency.com

Film:

Sundance Grand Jury prize-winning filmmaker and former Balthazar and Il Buco sommelier Jonathan Nossiter's TASTE & POWER, illuminating the homogenizing pitfalls of globalization on wine, to Jonathan Galassi at Farrar, Straus, with Courtney Hodell editing, by Bill Clegg at William Morris Agency (World English).Foreign rights to Grasset in France and Companhia das Letras in Brazil.

FILM:

Jeff Henderson's COOKED, the story of his journey from teenaged crack dealer (and prison inmate for 10 years) to world-class chef at a resort in Las Vegas, to Columbia, with Will Smith's Overbrook producing, along with Todd Black and Jason Blumenthal of Escape Artists, by Howard Sanders at UTA, on behalf of Michael Psaltis of Culinary Cooperative and Joe Regal of Regal Literary.

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