{
  "id": 1978688,
  "title": "Marissa Jo Cerar Developing ‘Drowning In Paper Flowers’ Novel For TV With Jenna Bush Hager & Universal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/marissa-jo-cerar-developing-drowning-in-paper-flowers-novel-for-tv",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-19T17:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/08/marissa-jo-cerar-drowning-in-paper-flowers-novel-universal-1237044907/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "EXCLUSIVE: Marissa Jo Cerar (Black Cake) is developing the E.L. Westbury novel Drowning in Paper Flowers for TV, with Jenna Bush Hager and Ben Spector of Thousand Voices, as well as Universal Global Television. The recently re-released novel follows Ruby Powell, a middle-aged housewife living in Dallas, who outwardly appears perfect—wealthy, beautiful, and respected in her community. However, […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}