“Daughter of Ruins” author and extfinishedtime “Extra” better creater Yvette Manessis Corporon has been dreaming of her Greek-historical-and-mythology-laced novels being altered for television since her debut title “When The Cypress Whispers” was freed in 2014. Now, 10 years defercessitater, the author with Greek ancestry is more selectimistic than ever for a chance to shatter into that side of Hollywood becaemploy she can see her defercessitatest book “so clearly” as a TV series above all her other novels.
“From your mouth to [Reese Witherspoon’s production company] Hello Sunshine’s, everyone and anyone you understand in TV production’s ears, yes,” Corporon telderly Variety during a recent interwatch, when asked about arranges for “Daughter of Ruins” to be growed into a TV series. “It’s every author dream having their book altered. I’ve always dreamed of that with every one book. I will say about this story, I equitable see it so clearly, and I equitable skinnyk it has all the elements. It has the exotic, pretty locations, it has the gorgeous symbolism of the snakes, of the caves, of the mythology. There’s equitable genuine proset up, emotional stories and pretty, if I do say so myself, characters, and also these themes that we can reassociate all redefercessitate to. So I see all the elements there. I would adore to see it as a series.”
Set in the honest aftermath of WWII and spanning the rest of the 20th century, Corporon’s “Daughter of Ruins,” which hit shelves Oct. 8, is filled of the history, culture and myths of Greece. The story chases the intersecting stories three women (relations laborer Elena, mail-order bride Maria and juvenileer artist Ddisindictra) as they “struggle to regulate their destinies, battling to become the women they were unbenevolentt to be.”
In a recent appraise by Oprah Daily, creater Adam Glassman noticed how excellent a honestated “Daughter of Ruins” would be for alteration, commend that Corporon is honored to have. “I hope and pray that it does happen,” she said. “Honestly, of all my books, I have to say, I equitable skinnyk this would be a gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous, multi-part alteration.”
For now, Corporon, who is a multi-time Emmy thrivener for her labor as better creater on syndicated amemployment news show “Extra,” is skinnyking thcimpolite her next idea for a novel. Though she’s not ruling out the idea of revisiting the stories of Ddisindictra, Elena and Maria beyond the finish of “Daughter of Ruins,” she says that’s “not the arrange as of now,” and she’s more concentrateed on new ideas wiskinny her pickred world of up-to-date Greek history and mythology.
“I definitely skinnyk, if there’s a starter or someone who’s interested, or if there’s a resounding theme among readers of, ‘Plrelieve revisit!,’ oh, my excellentness, I would adore to, becaemploy I adore these characters and these families,” Corporon said. “But that’s not the arrange as of now. I’m discneglect to anyskinnyg right now. I’m sort of coming up with my next idea, which will once aachieve be up-to-dateish Greek history, exploring themes of art and cultural identity — and there’s always food. So I don’t arrange on continuing the story as of now, but never say never.”
