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By Zoe G. Phillips [The following contains spoilers from the finale of We Were The Lucky Ones.] “That episode was one of the biggest challenges I’ve ever had as a writer,” showrunner Erica ...
Promise. We Were The Lucky Ones is Hulu's new miniseries, adapted from the book of the same name by writer Georgia Hunter. The story takes place before, during, and after World War II, following a ...
The aphorism endures: If we can't learn from the past, we are doomed to repeat it. And it feels more important than ever to revisit our history, even its darkest parts. "Lucky Ones" is a superb ...
When Georgia Hunter first pitched her 2017 book, "We Were the Lucky Ones," about her Polish ancestors' fight for survival during the Holocaust, she was told World War II literature was a ...
By Zoe G. Phillips Joey King fell in love with her character from We Were The Lucky Ones quickly. Actually, it was before she even read the script. “When you’re dealing with true subject ...
Adapted from author Georgia Hunter’s 2017 bestselling novel of the same name — and inspired by the true story of Hunter’s ancestors — We Were the Lucky Ones takes place in 1939 and follows ...
Hulu‘s new period drama We Were The Lucky Ones shines a devastating light on motherhood during the Holocaust as one of the characters makes the ultimate sacrifice for her daughter’s safety.
But the new Hulu series We Were The Lucky Ones really puts that notion to the test. Its very title is a provocation in that respect: To call the survivors of such horrific events “lucky,” by ...
In Hulu’s “We Were the Lucky Ones,” Joey King plays Halina, a young girl who dreams of finding romance, but the looming Second World War throws her life down another unimaginable path.
Georgia Hunter’s 2017 debut novel, “We Were the Lucky Ones,” recounted the seemingly miraculous survival of a Polish Jewish family during the Holocaust. Faithfully adapted into an excellent ...