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Join GroupSan Francisco's Amy Tan scores a bestseller with her 1989 book about growing up among a group of immigrant mothers with American-born daughters and the struggles they all go through to strengthen their bonds. Tan co-wrote the screenplay and co-produced the film.
Laura Esquivel's groundbreaking book tackles the Mexican tradition of banning the youngest daughter from marrying until after her mother dies. The book eventually became a movie released in 1993.
On the surface, everything seems fine, but the harrowing book written by Joan Crawford's adopted daughter, Christina, reveals a horrific childhood, complete with temper tantrums and violence. The book turns into a cult movie that may have cost lead actress, Faye Dunaway, the best years of her career.
The book recounts Gypsy Rose Lee's years touring as a theatre act with her little sister, June. It eventually spawned a hit Broadway musical and a big budget movie with Rosalind Russell and Natalie Wood.
Louisa May Alcott's novel, "Little Women," becomes an immediate hit upon publication in two volumes. The story about a mother raising daughters on her own during the Civil War was based on Alcott's own household where she was one of four sisters.
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