Marcia Gay Harden has signed a deal with the Simon & Schuster imprint Atria Books. Harden (pictured, via) is well-known for her roles on Law & Order, Damages, The Newsroom and countless films, including Pollock, for which she won an Academy Award.
Publisher Judith Curr and senior editor Rakesh Satyal negotiated the deal with agent Lacy Lalene Lynch of Dupree/Miller & Associates. The publication date has been scheduled for 2017.
Here’s more from the press release: “With her signature strong storytelling, and her honest and humorous observations, Marcia Gay Harden will take readers through her uniquely affectionate yet intricate relationship with her mother, from the family’s journey’s abroad, to the actress’s flourishing career in New York and Hollywood, and, eventually, to Beverly’s struggle to maintain her identity as the tau protein of Alzheimer’s becomes the most ominous weed in the garden of her life. Reflected in the flower arrangements that provide the basis for this story, and through different ‘seasons of life,’ readers will witness the growth of this mother-daughter friendship, as Marcia does what Beverly can no longer do: she remembers.”