![]() ![]() Booklist called it “an exceedingly authentic, keenly insightful, and heartbreakingly poignant tribute to the purity of love between a pet and its human.” The Washington Post labeled it the “must read” dog book of the summer and called reading it a “profound experience. Published in June 2016, the book had a spot on many book of the month lists, generated about 20 international editions and was a national bestseller. ![]() It is pitched as Life of Pi meets Marley & Me with elements of The Art of Racing in the Rain. Rowley’s heartbreaking but beautiful debut novel is about the relationship between a man and his dachshund Lily, told in a magical realist style that uses an octopus that attaches to Lily to grapple with ideas about illness (a tumor), death and holding on (and letting go) to the pets we love. Lauren O’Connor and Julie Rapaport will oversee for Amazon Studios. ![]() ![]() Author Steven Rowley and Rob Weisbach will executive produce. The autobiographical noveloriginally written as a form of self-therapyfollows 42-year-old writer Teddy Flask as he copes with the terminal illness and death of his beloved dachshund, Lily. Michael Mitnick ( The Current War, HBO’s Vinyl) is already attached to write the screenplay. Lily and the Octopus is a 2016 novel by American author and screenwriter Steven Rowley. Amazon Studios has acquired feature film rights to the heartbreaking bestseller Lily and the Octopus. ![]()
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