The Best Years of Our Lives. Poster of the 1946 movie and cover of the 1945 book, Glory for Me
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Glory for Me
MacKinlay Kantor, 1945
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William Wyler, 1946

The plot follows the lives of three veterans returning from service at the end of World War II to the fictional mid-western town of Boone City: Homer was a star high school athlete living with his parents and sister, next door to his girlfriend, Wilma. Homer lost both arms during the war and returns with mechanical hook prostheses.


The Rainmaker. Poster of the 1997 movie and cover of the 1995 book
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The Rainmaker
John Grisham, 1995
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Francis Ford Coppola, 1997

Rudy Baylor is a graduate of the University of Memphis Law School. Unlike most of his fellow grads, he has no high-paying job lined up and is forced to apply for part-time positions while serving drinks at a Memphis bar. However, Deck is resourceful in gathering information and is an expert on insurance lawsuits.


Somewhere in Time. Poster of the 1980 movie and cover of the 1975 book
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Somewhere in Time
Richard Matheson, 1975
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Jeannot Szwarc, 1980

In 1972, college theatre student Richard Collier celebrates the debut of his new play. During the celebration, an elderly woman places a pocket watch in his hand and pleads, ‘Come back to me’. Richard does not recognize the woman, who returns to her own residence and dies in her sleep that same night. Eight years later, Richard is a successful playwright living in Chicago.