All the book-based movies and TV shows adapted by Robert Harling, ranked

Annelle Dupuy, a shy, awkward beauty school graduate, moves to a northwestern Louisiana town where Truvy Jones hires her to work in her home-based beauty salon. Grouchy and sarcastic Louisa Ouiser Boudreaux arrives at the salon and immediately begins interrogating Annelle about her background.

Following the recent loss of her husband, Amanda Vaughn, a mother of two, decides to start anew and returns to her childhood neighborhood in affluent Dallas. However, her homecoming places her right in the midst of a whirlwind of salacious gossip, Botox treatments, and deceitful schemes.

Following the story of Aurora Greenway during her later years, the challenges mount following the death of her daughter. Aurora grapples with keeping her family united, contending with a grandson in jail, a defiant granddaughter, and another grandson residing just above the poverty line.