Hallie Ephron's "There Was an Old Woman," the movie

Now showing at My Book, The Movie: There Was an Old Woman by Hallie Ephron.

The entry begins:

There Was an Old Woman is about two women. Thirty-something Evie Ferrante who is a hipster New York museum curator, and Evie's mother's 91-year-old neighbor, Mina Yetner, a retired bookkeeper who once worked in the Empire State Building.

Each of their worlds is coming apart. Acerbic, opinionated, resilient Mina is terrified that she's not so slowly losing her mind. Evie has been dragged home to deal with her alcoholic mother who's been hospitalized -- again. But this time, the usually tidy home where Evie grew up has turned into a hoarder's nest, and Evie's mother was never a hoarder.

Mina and Evie form a bond of friendship across a gap two generations wide, and it's that bond that keeps them both sane.

Here's my dream cast:
Mina Yetner: Julie...[read on]

Learn more about the book and author at Hallie Ephron's website and blog.

Ephron made a splash writing suspense with Never Tell a Lie published by HarperCollins in 2009. It was nominated for multiple awards, including the Mary Higgins Clark Award, and was adapted for film as And Baby Will Fall for the Lifetime Movie Network.

The Page 69 Test: Never Tell A Lie.

Writers Read: Hallie Ephron (April 2011).

My Book, The Movie: There Was an Old Woman.

--Marshal Zeringue