![]() ![]() “We would talk, and then Liz would go away and work on the pilot and then show me a draft, and we would talk more,” Strayed says, speaking via Zoom with Tigelaar, in a chat that took place before the writers’ strike. ![]() Liz Tigelaar, who wrote and produced the adaptation, discusses adapting the collection of essays, based on the popular column ‘Dear Sugar,’ for a limited series on Hulu. Television ‘Tiny Beautiful Things’ mines Cheryl Strayed’s advice column and life for TV The two worked closely to bring the book to life. ![]() They are all executive producers on the Hulu limited series “Tiny Beautiful Things,” along with Liz Tigelaar, the show’s creator.Ī massive fan of Strayed’s work - her son is named Wilder in part because of the book - Tigelaar’s initial excitement about the series intensified when she learned that Strayed wanted to be involved as a writer. “Wild,” about Strayed’s transformative journey hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, was adapted into a feature film by Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine company Witherspoon played Strayed, and Laura Dern played her mother. A subsequent book of columns, “Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice From Dear Sugar,” was an international bestseller, released only four months after her memoir “Wild” hit those same charts. The extraordinary approach engendered a swift and overwhelming response. Responding anonymously to letters full of heartache, shame or fear, Strayed bared her own deepest terrors and, in doing so, held out a path toward healing. ![]() When author Cheryl Strayed began writing the advice column “Dear Sugar” for the Rumpus back in 2010, she upended the traditional format. ![]()
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