Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Is Green Darkness YOUR Favorite Book?

Recently, we were thrilled to hear that one of our blog followers had found a mention of GREEN DARKNESS in a book she was reading! The book was THE UNFINISHED GARDEN by Barbara Claypole White. A character declares that Green Darkness is her favorite book!
 
Our curiosity was tickled, so we contacted Barbara White and she confirmed that it is HER favorite novel as well. I guess the character was speaking from the author's heart. :-)
 
We were so delighted with her response and enthusiasm for a film version of the book that we decided not to let the momentum lapse.
 
We then contacted Barbara Samuel-O'Neal who wrote the preface to the latest edition of GREEN DARKNESS. She was thrilled to hear of our project as well and said she'd mention it in her blog. 

We have heard from a number of our blog readers, who have told us the same thing. 
 
GREEN DARKNESS is not just a "well-loved" book it is a FAVORITE!
 
GREEN DARKNESS was on the Bestsellers list for 6 MONTHS! We can't get firm statistics, but we estimate AT LEAST 250,000 copies sold during that time. 
 
The book has been in print almost constantly since 1972.
It has been translated into at least 9 languages. 
There's a study guide online.
Amazon.com has designated it a "Rediscovered Classic". 
 
We asked ourselves, if this was the favorite of novelists, then there must be hundreds, perhaps even hundreds of thousands? of others who are still  great fans of this book. 
 
We need to find them. Are you one?
 
If GREEN DARKNESS is one of your favorite books, please let us know!
If you would like to see this on the screen, please let us know!
 
Waiting to hear from you~~
Angela & Marla

4 comments:

  1. It is one of my favorites .... I am the only one I know who has ever read it sadly enough.

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    1. Tracy! You are not alone anymore! Many romance and historical authors cite GREEN DARKNESS as their favorite too! And of course there's Marla and myself. We just have to spread the news! When it becomes a film there will be many more fans. YES!

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  2. I love this book.... I´ve been waiting for it to be made into a film! Am delighted and can ´t wait to watch it!!!
    A true fan here.. :)

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    1. Hi, Adriana! Love hearing from you. We "just" have to find the right producer, willing to take a chance on this story. We're not giving up. Spread the word. :)

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