That's Not How It Happened
From the Emmy-nominated co-creator and Executive Producer of How I Met Your Mother, this smart, funny, bighearted novel for fans of Steven Rowley and Monica Heisey follows a family turned upside down when Hollywood decides to make a movie version of their lives.
In this searingly smart, achingly funny novel for fans of Kevin Wilson, Steven Rowley and Monica Heisey, a family is turned upside down after Hollywood decides to make a movie version of their lives.
Paige didn’t set out to be a stay-at-home mom, but when her husband’s screenwriting career took off right before they had a son with Down syndrome, the decision was made for her. Now, with their children nearly grown, and unsure what’s next, Paige writes a memoir about the challenges of raising a child with a disability. When a big-time actor turned producer shows up at her door excited to make her “inspiring” story into a movie, she’s shocked, excited, and only a little terrified.
This movie just might be the comeback opportunity her husband, Rob, desperately needs. His screenwriting career has fizzled in recent years more than he’d like to admit, but who better to adapt his wife’s memoir than him? Right? Meanwhile, their son, Emmett, doesn’t understand why people think his Down syndrome is the most interesting thing in his life—that’s definitely his girlfriend and soulmate, Amy, whom he’s determined to marry. Their daughter, Darcy, couldn’t care less about the whole thing because she’s hardly even in their mom’s book. The “normal” child who no one ever has to worry about is feeling more forgotten than ever as her love life implodes and college looms.
As their lives are chewed up and spit out by the Hollywood machine, triggering old resentments and launching new betrayals, will any of them even recognize the “inspiring” family in this film? Or will this “feel-good” movie be the end of them?
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From the Emmy-nominated co-creator and Executive Producer of How I Met Your Mother, this smart, funny, bighearted novel for fans of Steven Rowley and Monica Heisey follows a family turned upside down when Hollywood decides to make a movie version of their lives.
In this searingly smart, achingly funny novel for fans of Kevin Wilson, Steven Rowley and Monica Heisey, a family is turned upside down after Hollywood decides to make a movie version of their lives.
Paige didn’t set out to be a stay-at-home mom, but when her husband’s screenwriting career took off right before they had a son with Down syndrome, the decision was made for her. Now, with their children nearly grown, and unsure what’s next, Paige writes a memoir about the challenges of raising a child with a disability. When a big-time actor turned producer shows up at her door excited to make her “inspiring” story into a movie, she’s shocked, excited, and only a little terrified.
This movie just might be the comeback opportunity her husband, Rob, desperately needs. His screenwriting career has fizzled in recent years more than he’d like to admit, but who better to adapt his wife’s memoir than him? Right? Meanwhile, their son, Emmett, doesn’t understand why people think his Down syndrome is the most interesting thing in his life—that’s definitely his girlfriend and soulmate, Amy, whom he’s determined to marry. Their daughter, Darcy, couldn’t care less about the whole thing because she’s hardly even in their mom’s book. The “normal” child who no one ever has to worry about is feeling more forgotten than ever as her love life implodes and college looms.
As their lives are chewed up and spit out by the Hollywood machine, triggering old resentments and launching new betrayals, will any of them even recognize the “inspiring” family in this film? Or will this “feel-good” movie be the end of them?
