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The hosts highlighted the novel as a thriller set in a troubled Philadelphia neighborhood, focusing on a policewoman and her drug‑using sister, and noted its eight‑part TV adaptation on Peacock. They emphasized that the author considered it a breakthrough work that explores identity and reached a larger audience than her earlier books. Both Dave Davies and Liz Moore discussed its themes and popularity, presenting it positively to listeners.
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The novel was identified as the source material for the Peacock series, described as an acclaimed, bestselling work that the show adapts.
Long Bright River is based on the bestselling novel by Liz Moore.
Based on the acclaimed novel by Liz Moore, who cowrote the series with Nicky Toscano, this eightpart story is set in Kensington, a struggling, opioidravaged, bluecollar Philadelphia neighborhood.
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She mentioned it as Moore's previous superb novel about the opioid crisis in Philadelphia.
Moore's previous book, Long Bright River, was a superb novel about the opioid crisis in Philadelphia.
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A superb novel about the opioid crisis in Philadelphia, mentioned as Moore's previous work.
Moore's previous book, Long Bright River, was a superb novel about the opioid crisis in Philadelphia.
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The earlier novel by Moore was referenced as a superb social novel about the opioid crisis in Philadelphia.
Moore's previous book, Long Bright River, was a superb social novel about the opioid crisis in Philadelphia.
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This thriller was about a policewoman in a troubled Philadelphia neighborhood where her drug-using sister worked as a sex worker. The novel was adapted into an eight-part TV series on Peacock, starring Amanda Seyfried, who received a Golden Globe nomination for her performance.
One, Long Bright River, a thriller about a policewoman patrolling a troubled Philadelphia neighborhood where her drug-using sister is a sex worker, was made into an eight-part TV series on Peacock.
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This thriller, which was made into an eight-part TV series on Peacock starring Amanda Seyfried, is about a policewoman patrolling a troubled Philadelphia neighborhood where her drug-using sister is a sex worker. The author mentioned that the book deals with the mystery of identity, similar to her earlier novel 'The Unseen World.'
One, Long Bright River, a thriller about a policewoman patrolling a troubled Philadelphia neighborhood where her drug-using sister is a sex worker, was made into an eight-part TV series on Peacock.
And so Kensington itself was not receiving the national attention that it now receives.
Long Bright River and The God of the Woods are my quote unquote breakthrough novels in the sense that they've reached a larger audience than I ever had before but the only thing that differentiates them in my mind from my first novels are that one has they both each one contains a missing person at the start and therefore they are perceived as or categorized as thrillers or literary mysteries.
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It was a thriller about a Philadelphia policewoman searching for her missing sister, set in the drugriddled Kensington neighborhood.
Let's talk about Longbright River. This is set in this Philadelphia neighborhood, Kensington, which has gotten some national attention. It's become a regional center for drug users just because it was a place where people learned they could score drugs.
The book was made into a series on Peacock, which you were cocreator, cowriter, executive producer for. I wasn't the showrunner, but I did have a lot of input and felt my input was respected.