The entry begins:Passing Love: The Movie! If it could happen to other authors, it could happen to me. Right? Right!Learn more about the book and author at Jacqueline E. Luckett's website and blog.
There are two leading roles in Passing Love that actresses, filmmakers, and directors should be fighting over. Passing Love is the story of two women who believe that going to Paris will change their lives. The story moves back and forth between the present day and the jazzed-fueled Paris of the 1950s.
Nicole, the present day character, is in the middle of her life. Nicole had deferred her dream to go to Paris because of fear and complacency. Her goal is to shake things up, to step out of the ordinary, to do something she’s never done before. She’s spurred to go to Paris by a friend. Browsing through the city she finds a photo at an small antiques store that impacts her family. Her simple vacation turns into an adventure.
Angela Bassett! Are you available? She’s a bit young for the role, but she’d make a great, intense Nicole. Angela has the ability to mold herself to a character and make an audience love her.
Ruby’s story begins when she’s a sixteen-year-old in Mississippi 1944—the novel follows her over a period of 60 years. She’s salty, determined, and fearless.
If either Dorothy...[read on]
The Page 69 Test: Passing Love.
My Book, The Movie: Passing Love.
--Marshal Zeringue
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