The Grandmothers: Four Short Novels
by Doris Lessingliterary work· published 2003
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The Grandmothers: Four Short Novels is collection of four novellas published in 2003 by 2007 Nobel laureate Doris Lessing. The 2013 Australian-French film Adoration (alternatively known as Adore and Perfect Mothers) is based on the story The Grandmothers. The director Anne Fontaine said Lessing told her when they met that it was based on a true story that took place in a small community in Australia. In 2014, the story Victoria and the Staveneys was adapted into a French film by Jean-Paul Civeyrac called Mon amie Victoria.
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The Grandmothers: Four Short Novels was adapted into a 2013 film.
Two Mothers2013 · film · 112 min · dir. Anne Fontaine · IMDb ↗Lil and Roz are two lifelong friends, having grown up together as neighbors in an idyllic beach town. As adults, their sons have developed a friendship as strong as that which binds their mothers. One summer, all four are confronted by simmering emotions that have been mounting between them, and each find unexpected happiness in relationships that cross the bounds of convention.
