'Luckiest Girl Alive' Coming Soon to Netflix - Here's What's in the Book
Attention readers: The New York Times bestselling novel "Luckiest Girl Alive" is being adapted into a Netflix movie, which will be released on October 7th. If the film, starring Mila Kunis, is anything like the book, it's sure to keep you on the edge of your seat with its dark meanderings.
Luckiest Girl Alive, published in 2015, was Jessica Knoll's seminal novel, who says it was inspired, in part, by events in her own life.
If you haven't read it yet, or even if you've read it and just need a reminder, you've come to the right place. Not looking for spoilers? Stop reading now!
What happens in "Luckiest Girl Alive"?The novel's main character is Ani FaNelli, a successful women's magazine editor who is engaged to the man of her dreams. While her life seems perfect on the outside, we soon learn that Ani is really TifAni and is struggling to come to terms with traumatic incidents from her past. Ani agrees to take part in a documentary about her time in high school, which ultimately triggers the outcome of the perfect life she has created for herself.
While filming the documentary, she is forced to deal with two separate traumas: being sexually assaulted by classmates and surviving a school shooting led by her friend, whom she kills to end the crime. 'offensive. Through it all, she realizes her own power in the face of the truth and her aggressors.
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Who is TifAni in “Luckyest Girl Alive”?Ani thought she could run away from her past, and for a while, she does just fine. At 28, she's engaged to the seemingly perfect Luke, a former quarterback and trust fund baby. She lives in New York and works at her dream job as a copywriter. But her new identity as Ani ignores her true past.
Three weeks away from her wedding, Ani agrees to be in the film about her time as TifAni at Bradley High School to mark the anniversary of the shooting she survived. Although she buried her memories of the experience, she convinces herself that she feels strong enough to talk about it with Luke by her side. But Ani really isn't ready for what revealing these truths will do in her life.
What happens in Ani's past in "Luckiest Girl Alive"?The novel alternates between the present and Ani's first year of high school...
Attention readers: The New York Times bestselling novel "Luckiest Girl Alive" is being adapted into a Netflix movie, which will be released on October 7th. If the film, starring Mila Kunis, is anything like the book, it's sure to keep you on the edge of your seat with its dark meanderings.
Luckiest Girl Alive, published in 2015, was Jessica Knoll's seminal novel, who says it was inspired, in part, by events in her own life.
If you haven't read it yet, or even if you've read it and just need a reminder, you've come to the right place. Not looking for spoilers? Stop reading now!
What happens in "Luckiest Girl Alive"?The novel's main character is Ani FaNelli, a successful women's magazine editor who is engaged to the man of her dreams. While her life seems perfect on the outside, we soon learn that Ani is really TifAni and is struggling to come to terms with traumatic incidents from her past. Ani agrees to take part in a documentary about her time in high school, which ultimately triggers the outcome of the perfect life she has created for herself.
While filming the documentary, she is forced to deal with two separate traumas: being sexually assaulted by classmates and surviving a school shooting led by her friend, whom she kills to end the crime. 'offensive. Through it all, she realizes her own power in the face of the truth and her aggressors.
Image source: Netflix
Who is TifAni in “Luckyest Girl Alive”?Ani thought she could run away from her past, and for a while, she does just fine. At 28, she's engaged to the seemingly perfect Luke, a former quarterback and trust fund baby. She lives in New York and works at her dream job as a copywriter. But her new identity as Ani ignores her true past.
Three weeks away from her wedding, Ani agrees to be in the film about her time as TifAni at Bradley High School to mark the anniversary of the shooting she survived. Although she buried her memories of the experience, she convinces herself that she feels strong enough to talk about it with Luke by her side. But Ani really isn't ready for what revealing these truths will do in her life.
What happens in Ani's past in "Luckiest Girl Alive"?The novel alternates between the present and Ani's first year of high school...
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