When Hope Calls is a TV series created by Alfonso H. Moreno in 2019 and based on the characters from the book series Canadian West by Janette Oke, which first book was published in 1983. The TV series features Morgan Kohan, Jocelyn Hudon, Ryan-James Hatanaka, Greg Hovanessian, Wendy Crewson, Neil Crone, and others.
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“The TV series is better than the book”
But the book is worth reading.
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Storyline
Lillian and Grace are two orphaned sisters, who were separated when Lillian was seven and Grace was five. The two reunite as adults and open an orphanage in a small northwest town. The period piece is set in 1916 in the western Canadian town of Brookfield. Mountie Gabriel has a romantic interest in Lillian. Chuck, a rancher turned veterinarian, is the object of Grace’s flirtations, much to the dismay of his dubious mother, Tess Stewart.
Movie vs Book
Year
2019
Minutes
42
Movie Rate
7.90
Source: IMDb
TV Series
When Hope Calls
Creator: Alfonso H. Moreno
Country: USA
Year: 2019-
Length: 42m / 10 episodes
Year
1983
Pages
220
Book Rate
8.42
S: Goodreads
Book
When Calls the Heart
Author: Janette Oke
Country: Canada
First published in: 1983
Length: 220 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Canadian West
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Michael Landon Jr.
TV Series by Neill Fearnley, Michael Landon Jr., Anne Wheeler
User polls & recommendations
“It was really important to me that people would experience the same feelings from the movie as they did from the book.”
PABLO BERGER (Filmmaker)
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