What's the story?
Little Fires Everywhere.
Oh dear. Have you got the barbecue out again?
Ha. I'm talking about the eight-part drama series starring Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington.
Tell me more.
Based on Celeste Ng’s bestselling book, the picture-perfect world of the Richardson family is turned upside down when a woman and her daughter arrive into their close-knit community.
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Set in the placid Cleveland suburb of Shaker Heights, Ohio, during the 1990s, Witherspoon plays Elena Richardson, a local newspaper reporter and regimented mother to four children, with Washington as free-spirited artist Mia Warren, who is bringing up her teenage daughter Pearl alone.
As the lives of the two families become ever more intertwined, things begin to take a darker turn.
Sum it up in five words.
Secrets. Race. Belonging. Motherhood. Danger.
Anything else?
The book was discovered by Witherspoon prior to its publication in 2017. She has a good eye for stories that can make the leap to screen having previously produced Oscar-nominated films Gone Girl and Wild, as well as the hit TV show Big Little Lies.
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Witherspoon and Washington teamed up to make Little Fires Everywhere through their respective production companies, Hello Sunshine and Simpson Street.
When can I watch?
The series launches on Amazon Prime Video this Friday.
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