Film · 1942 · Directed by John Huston · Starring Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland
A selfish woman takes her sister's husband and the families around her suffer.
The film trims and reshapes the novel to suit its star and the censors of its day.
The book gives a deeper picture of the Southern family.
In This Our Life by Ellen Glasgow
A sharp, absorbing story of sisters, choices and the freedom to live your own way.
Who will like it: Readers who like family dramas of the American South.