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That's not how it happened : a novel / Craig Thomas.
"Paige didn't set out to be a stay-at-home mom, but when her husband's screenwriting career took off right before they had a son with Down syndrome, the decision was made for her. Now, with their children nearly grown and unsure what's next, Paige writes a memoir about the challenges of raising a child with a disability. When a major actress-turned-producer shows up at her door eager to make her 'inspiring' story into a movie, she's shocked, excited, and a little terrified"-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9780778360292 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 309 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Toronto, ON : Hanover Square Press, [2025]
- Copyright: ©2025
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| Genre: | Domestic fiction. Novels. |
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- Harlequin
âFunny and poignant... Craig Thomas is a big-hearted, empathetic writer who knows his characters inside and out." âTom Perrotta, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Mrs. Fletcher and The Leftovers
âFunny, real and moving all at once...[A] wonderful, heartfelt debut.â âLin-Manuel Miranda, Tony-Award Winning creator of Broadwayâs Hamilton
From the Emmy-nominated co-creator and Executive Producer of How I Met Your Mother, this smart, funny, bighearted novel for fans of Kevin Wilson and Monica Heisey, follows a family turned upside down after Hollywood decides to make a movie version of their lives.
With Audiobook narration by Cobie Smulders and Josh Radnor
Paige didnât set out to be a stay-at-home mom, but when her husbandâs screenwriting career took off right before they had a son with Down syndrome, the decision was made for her. Now, with their children nearly grown and unsure what's next, Paige writes a memoir about the challenges of raising a child with a disability. When a major actress-turned-producer shows up at her door eager to make her âinspiringâ story into a movie, sheâs shocked, excited, and a little terrified.
This movie just might be the comeback opportunity her husband, Rob, desperately needs. His career has fizzled in recent years. But the movie is going to need a screenwriter, and who better to adapt his wife's memoir than him?... Meanwhile, their son, Emmett, doesnât understand why people think his Down syndrome is the most important thing in his life (that's definitely his girlfriend, Amy)âbut he hopes his newfound fame might somehow get him closer to meeting his idol, Eddie Vedder. Their daughter, Darcy, couldn't care less about the whole thing because sheâs hardly even in their mom's book. The ânormalâ child who nobody ever worries about is feeling more forgotten than ever as her love life implodes and college decisions loom.
As their lives are chewed up and spit out by the Hollywood machine, triggering old resentments and launching new betrayals, will any of them even recognize the "inspiring" family in this film? Or will this "feel-good" movie be the end of them?
