Adele August leaves her second husband, Ted, and taking her 11-year-old daughter Ann, drives in Ted's Lincoln Continental from their small Wisconsin hometown to Los Angeles with ambitions of making Ann a child star and finding herself a rich husband. Ann, the child of Adele's first marriage to an Egyptian man who deserted the family, is separated from her beloved grandmother Lillian who remained in Wisconsin, and must now cope on her own with her mother's moods, whims, fantasies, and occasional neglect and abuse. Narcissistic Adele is chronically dissatisfied with her life, lives above her means, overspends on clothing and status goods, and treats Ann as an extension of herself, rather than as a person in her own right. Ann is torn between feelings of love, longing and responsibility for her mother on one hand, and anger and rebellion on the other.
In Los Angeles, Adele finds work as a teacher and, despite her low income and irresponsible spending habits, manages to move herself and Ann into Beverly Hills so that Ann can attend the local schools with the children of rich families and movie stars. The two engage in various schemes to stay in Beverly Hills and fit in, including skipping out on rent and stealing fashionable clothing. Over time, Ann befriends several of her rich classmates, while Adele, increasingly out of her element, exploits Ann's school connections to benefit herself. Back in Wisconsin, Ann's grandmother Lillian and her cousin Benny both die, severing Ann's last links with her old life.
After a failed affair with a wealthy dentist, Adele shows signs of mental disturbance; she fantasizes that her psychiatrist is in love with her, and begins to physically abuse the now-teenage Ann. Ann finally gets a role in a TV series, which enables her to escape her mother and attend an East Coast university. Ann avoids visiting Adele for years, but sends home money earned through her TV work, ostensibly for Adele to buy a house in California. When Ann finally does visit her mother, she finds that Adele spent the money on a new sports car rather than the house, in keeping with Adele's unwillingness to accept a settled fate.
In 1998, 20th Century Fox greenlit a feature film adaptation of Simpson's novel. The screenplay was written by Alvin Sargent and the movie was directed by Wayne Wang. Susan Sarandon and Natalie Portman were cast as Adele and Ann, respectively. The film debuted at the Toronto Film Festival on September 17, 1999, before being released on November 12, opening at #5 at the North American box office and making US$5.6 million in its opening weekend. Portman was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for the role.
anywhere, here, novel, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, anywhere, here, novel, news, newspapers, book. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Anywhere but Here novel news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2012 Learn how and when to remove this message Anywhere but Here is a novel written by American novelist Mona Simpson The book was a commercial success and earned the author the Whiting Prize for her first novel 1 The book was adapted by Alvin Sargent into a major motion picture of the same name in 1999 The film starred Susan Sarandon and Natalie Portman and was directed by Wayne Wang Anywhere But HereHardcoverAuthorMona SimpsonCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishGenreAutobiographical fictionPublisherKnopfPublication dateDecember 1986Media typePrint Hardcover Pages406ISBN0 394 55283 0Dewey Decimal813 54LC ClassPS3569 I5117 A8 1987Followed byThe Lost Father Contents 1 Plot 2 Film adaptation 3 Sequel 4 References 5 External linksPlot editAdele August leaves her second husband Ted and taking her 11 year old daughter Ann drives in Ted s Lincoln Continental from their small Wisconsin hometown to Los Angeles with ambitions of making Ann a child star and finding herself a rich husband Ann the child of Adele s first marriage to an Egyptian man who deserted the family is separated from her beloved grandmother Lillian who remained in Wisconsin and must now cope on her own with her mother s moods whims fantasies and occasional neglect and abuse Narcissistic Adele is chronically dissatisfied with her life lives above her means overspends on clothing and status goods and treats Ann as an extension of herself rather than as a person in her own right Ann is torn between feelings of love longing and responsibility for her mother on one hand and anger and rebellion on the other In Los Angeles Adele finds work as a teacher and despite her low income and irresponsible spending habits manages to move herself and Ann into Beverly Hills so that Ann can attend the local schools with the children of rich families and movie stars The two engage in various schemes to stay in Beverly Hills and fit in including skipping out on rent and stealing fashionable clothing Over time Ann befriends several of her rich classmates while Adele increasingly out of her element exploits Ann s school connections to benefit herself Back in Wisconsin Ann s grandmother Lillian and her cousin Benny both die severing Ann s last links with her old life After a failed affair with a wealthy dentist Adele shows signs of mental disturbance she fantasizes that her psychiatrist is in love with her and begins to physically abuse the now teenage Ann Ann finally gets a role in a TV series which enables her to escape her mother and attend an East Coast university Ann avoids visiting Adele for years but sends home money earned through her TV work ostensibly for Adele to buy a house in California When Ann finally does visit her mother she finds that Adele spent the money on a new sports car rather than the house in keeping with Adele s unwillingness to accept a settled fate Film adaptation editMain article Anywhere but Here film In 1998 20th Century Fox greenlit a feature film adaptation of Simpson s novel The screenplay was written by Alvin Sargent and the movie was directed by Wayne Wang Susan Sarandon and Natalie Portman were cast as Adele and Ann respectively The film debuted at the Toronto Film Festival on September 17 1999 before being released on November 12 opening at 5 at the North American box office and making US 5 6 million in its opening weekend Portman was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for the role Sequel editMain article The Lost Father Simpson wrote a sequel The Lost Father which tells the story of Ann now on her own and her search for her father References edit Steve Jobs Final Words Shared in Sister s Eulogy ABC News ABC News 2011 10 31 Archived from the original on 2011 10 31 Retrieved 2013 03 03 External links editAnywhere But Here by Mona Simpson at the Wayback Machine archived 2012 06 14 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Anywhere but Here novel amp oldid 1093932371, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
