The NBC Universal streaming service has won the rights to the Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers author's bestselling 2021 novel Apples Never Fall, which has sold more than one million copies. Apples Never Fall, which will be adapted by Melanie Marnich, "centers on the Delaneys, who from the outside appear to be an enviably contented family. Former tennis coaches Joy and Stan are parents to four adult children," per Variety. "After fifty years of marriage, they have finally sold their famed tennis academy and are ready to start what should be the golden years of their lives. But after Joy disappears, her children are forced to re-examine their parents’ marriage and their family history with fresh eyes."
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