Field of Dreams. Poster of the 1989 movie and cover of the 1982 book, Shoeless Joe
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Shoeless Joe
W.P. Kinsella, 1982
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Phil Alden Robinson, 1989

36-year old Ray Kinsella lives with his wife Annie and daughter Karin on their Iowa corn farm. He is troubled by the relationship with his late father, John Kinsella, a devoted baseball fan, and constantly fears growing old without ever achieving anything. Walking through his cornfield one evening, he hears a voice whispering, ‘If you build it, he will come’. Ray believes if he builds a baseball field, Shoeless Joe, whom his father idolized, can play baseball again.


Wild. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the 2012 book
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Wild
Cheryl Strayed, 2012
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Jean-Marc Vallée, 2014

In June 1995, despite a lack of hiking experience, recent divorcée Cheryl Strayed leaves Minneapolis, Minnesota, to hike 1,100 miles of the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail on a journey of self-discovery and healing. Bobbi’s death from cancer sent Cheryl into a deep depression that she tried to numb with heroin and anonymous sex, which eventually destroyed her marriage to her husband Paul.


This Is My Life. Poster of the 1992 movie and cover of the 1988 book, This is Your Life
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This is Your Life
Meg Wolitzer, 1988
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Nora Ephron, 1992

Transitioning from the Macy’s cosmetics counter to a stand-up comic, salesgirl Dottie Ingels becomes an overnight sensation, leading to a transformative shift in her entire life.