Kaira Rouda's "Here, Home, Hope" the movie

Now showing at My Book, The Movie: Here, Home, Hope by Kaira Rouda.

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Here, Home, Hope is described as Desperate Housewives meets The Middle, so if I were to have input in the casting for the movie I would choose women from those casts. To play protagonist Kelly Johnson, the lead would go to Patricia Heaton. Not only is she a warm and witty mother on The Middle, as she was on Everybody Loves Raymond, but she embodies the perfect blend of self-deprecation and strength that the character Kelly uses to her advantage as she moves through her midlife reinvention. Not only that, she is originally from Ohio and attended Ohio State University, as did the character Kelly. It’s almost meant to be. Somebody pick up the phone and get this deal together. But I digress…

To play the role of her sidekick, Charlotte, the beautiful real estate agent, I would select either Eva Longoria or...[read on]

View the book trailer for Here, Home, Hope, and learn more about the book and author at Kaira Rouda's website.

Kaira Rouda is a former newspaper columnist, reporter, contributing magazine editor, and freelance writer for numerous regional and national publications.

My Book, The Movie: Here, Home, Hope.

--Marshal Zeringue