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In a house haunted by the sorrows of the women who came before her, Justine must overcome their tragic legacy if she hopes to save herself and her children. Listen to The Lost Girls by Heather Young with a free trial. Soon Justine's troubled oldest daughter becomes obsessed with Emily's disappearance, her absent mother reappears, and the man she left launches a dangerous plan to get her back. Her only neighbor is a strange old man who seems to know more about the summer of 1935 than he's telling. The dark, silent lake is isolated and eerie. But the long Minnesota winter is just beginning. For Justine, the lake house offers freedom and stability - a way to escape her manipulative boyfriend and give her daughters the home she never had. Before her death, she writes the story of that devastating summer in a notebook that she leaves, along with the house, to the only person who might care: her grandniece, Justine. Sixty years later, Lucy, the quiet and watchful middle sister, lives in the lake house alone. Her disappearance destroys the family - her father takes his own life, and her mother and two older sisters spend the rest of their lives at the lake house, keeping a decades-long vigil for the lost child. A stunning debut novel that examines the price of loyalty, the burden of regret, the meaning of salvation, and the sacrifices we make for those we love, told in the voices of two unforgettable women linked by a decades-old family mystery at a picturesque lake house. Altitude bought the UK and Ireland rights to the film.In 1935, six-year-old Emily Evans vanishes from her family's summer house on a remote Minnesota lake. Myriad Pictures are in charge of international distribution. Principal photography took place in England with support from the British Screen Sector Task Forces, wrapping in September 2020. Julian Ovenden, Parker Sawyers, Emily Carey, Louis Partridge, and Iain Glen would round out the ensemble cast. Įmma Thompson, Ellen Burstyn, and Gaia Wise were originally attached to star in the film alongside De Paolis, but they exited the project at some point with Joely Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave, and Ella-Rae Smith taking their places respectively.

It was announced in September 2019 that Livia De Paolis would adapt Laurie Anne Fox's novel for film.
