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“The Girl the Darkness Raised: The Memoir Poised for Hollywood — Rights, Pitch Deck, Casting & More”

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The Memoir Ready for the Screen — And the World

Some memoirs are written to be read.
This one was written to be seen.

A.L. Childers’ haunting, Southern-gothic memoir
THE GIRL THE DARKNESS RAISED: A Memoir of Scarcity, Survival, and Becoming
unfolds in scenes so vivid, so cinematic, that producers and early readers have all said the same thing:

“This belongs on screen.”

Below you’ll find your entire Hollywood package:
✔ Film rights announcement
✔ Query letter to producers
✔ Film adaptation synopsis
✔ One-page pitch deck
✔ Full dream casting blog
✔ Website film-rights landing page copy

🎞️ FILM RIGHTS ARE OFFICIALLY AVAILABLE

A cinematic memoir about generational trauma, poverty, resilience, and reclaiming the girl you had to abandon to survive.

Film, TV, Limited Series & Streaming rights are open for acquisition.

💌 QUERY LETTER TO PRODUCERS

Dear Producer,

I am pleased to present the film, television, and streaming rights to my upcoming memoir, The Girl the Darkness Raised. This story follows a Southern girl raised by scarcity, silence, and a single night that fractures her childhood. Through adulthood, motherhood, and a near-death trauma, she begins the long, painful climb toward healing — and reclaiming the child she buried to survive.

Told in cinematic, episodic scenes, the memoir aligns naturally with prestige dramas such as Educated, The Glass Castle, Maid, Tiny Beautiful Things, and A24-style filmmaking.

The rights are fully available. I welcome conversation about potential adaptation.

Warm regards,
A.L. Childers

📧audreychilders@hotmail.com
🌐 http://www.TheHypothyroidismChick.com

Film, TV, and Global Streaming Rights Available Worldwide.

🎥 FILM ADAPTATION SYNOPSIS

THE GIRL THE DARKNESS RAISED follows two timelines:

The Girl

Raised amid poverty and hunger in South Carolina:

  • Cracked plates
  • Cold floors
  • A volatile mother
  • A night that shatters innocence
  • The forced disappearance of a child who learns survival is quieter than fear

The Woman

Years later, she faces the echoes of her past:

  • Motherhood triggering buried trauma
  • Anxiety nesting in her ribs
  • A near-death event
  • Generational silence repeating itself
  • The realization that healing requires returning for the girl she left behind

This memoir is devastating, atmospheric, hopeful — a rebirth in real time.

🎞️ ONE-PAGE HOLLYWOOD PITCH DECK

TITLE:

The Girl the Darkness Raised
A Memoir of Scarcity, Survival, and Becoming
by A.L. Childers

GENRE:

Prestige Drama • Psychological Memoir • Southern Gothic

FORMAT:

Limited Series (6–8 Episodes)
OR Feature Film (A24 Style)

LOGLINE:

A woman raised by silence, poverty, and a single traumatic night must confront the girl she abandoned to survive — unraveling generational wounds, motherhood, and her own rebirth.

TONE & STYLE:

  • Cinematic
  • Raw
  • Southern Gothic realism
  • A24 grit
  • Emotional resonance like Maid + Glass Castle
  • Flashbacks layered like Sharp Objects

THEMES:

  • Childhood trauma
  • Survival vs. disappearing
  • Motherhood as mirror
  • Generational cycles
  • Reclaiming self
  • Healing what was abandoned

STRUCTURE:

Dual timeline narrative:
1️⃣ The Child in Poverty
2️⃣ The Woman Trying to Live a Life She Was Never Prepared For

WHY IT’S PERFECT FOR ADAPTATION:

  • Episodic chapters = ready for limited series format
  • Strong female lead with wide demographic appeal
  • Emotional landscapes perfect for cinematic storytelling
  • Universal themes (abuse, poverty, motherhood, survival)
  • Large BookTok/Bookstagram audience for trauma-healing memoirs

TARGET STUDIOS:

Netflix • A24 • Hulu • FX • Apple TV+ • Hello Sunshine • Amazon Studios

🌟 CASTING BLOG:

Who Would Play Each Role in the Film?**

Hollywood LOVES a casting teaser — and this is pure gold.

Below is a dream cast based on tone, age, emotional capacity, and visual match.

⭐ THE WOMAN (Adult Narrator)

Jessica Chastain
– master of emotional inner landscapes
– perfect for trauma + motherhood roles
– Southern roles fit her rhythm

Runner-Up: Amy Adams (haunting, tender, devastating)

⭐ THE LITTLE GIRL

McKenna Grace
– already iconic in roles involving trauma, silence, emotional depth
– visually able to portray both vulnerability and strength

Runner-Up: Brooklyn Prince (The Florida Project magic)

⭐ THE MOTHER

Michelle Monaghan
– complex emotional range
– can play volatile, loving, broken, and unpredictable

OR
Elisabeth Moss (raw intensity, unsettling realism)

⭐ THE FATHER FIGURE / MAN OF THE HOUSE

Garret Dillahunt
– gritty Southern presence
– skilled at portraying men who are both charming and dangerous

⭐ THE ADULT PARTNER / HUSBAND

Oscar Isaac
– gentle, layered, supportive but flawed character range

⭐ THE THERAPIST / HEALING MENTOR

Viola Davis
– grounding presence
– emotional authority
– transformative screen impact

🌐 FILM RIGHTS LANDING PAGE

🎞️ FILM RIGHTS • THE GIRL THE DARKNESS RAISED

A Memoir of Scarcity, Survival, and Becoming

by A.L. Childers

Film, Television, and Global Streaming Rights: AVAILABLE

ABOUT THE STORY

A haunting, cinematic memoir about a girl raised by poverty, silence, and trauma — and the woman who must confront the past to finally rise.

Told through dual timelines, this story blends Southern Gothic realism, emotional truth, and visually powerful scenes perfect for limited series or feature film adaptation.

ADAPTATION MATERIALS AVAILABLE

✔ Full manuscript
✔ Director-style adaptation notes
✔ One-page pitch deck
✔ Synopses (short, medium, long)
✔ Character profiles
✔ Loglines
✔ Casting vision
✔ Book trailer script

RIGHTS CONTACT

A.L. Childers
📧 audretchilders@hotmail.com
🌐 http://www.TheHypothyroidismChick.com
📍 North & South Carolina

Professional inquiries only.
Agents and producers welcome.

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BOOK TRAILER SCRIPT-“THE GIRL THE DARKNESS RAISED” by A.L. Childers

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“THE GIRL THE DARKNESS RAISED” by A.L. Childers

Cinematic, haunting, emotional, unforgettable.

“A memoir about survival, silence, and rising —
The Girl the Darkness Raised by A.L. Childers.
This story feels cinematic, atmospheric, and painfully real.
Exploring themes seen in projects by @A24, @NetflixFilm, and @HelloSunshine.”

The Girl the Darkness Raised: A Memoir of Scarcity, Survival, and Becoming

🎵 OPENING — AUDIO

Sound: Soft wind, like breath moving through a hollow room.
A single piano note.
Then another.
Slow… echoing… fragile.

📽️ SCENE 1 — THE HOUSE

Visual: A dim hallway of an old Southern house. Wallpaper peeling. A single light flickering.
Child-sized footsteps slowly walk across old wooden floors.

Voiceover (soft, haunting):
“Some children are raised by parents…
and some are raised by the darkness those parents never healed.”

📽️ SCENE 2 — THE CHILD

Visual: A little girl, maybe 7 or 8, sits on the floor by her bed, knees pulled to her chest.
Her face is turned away — we never fully see her.

Voiceover:
“I learned early which floorboards screamed…
and which ones stayed quiet enough to keep me safe.”

📽️ SCENE 3 — POVERTY

Visual: Empty fridge.
A plate with only a biscuit.
Hands brushing crumbs to pretend there’s still something left.

Voiceover:
“Hunger was a teacher.
Silence was a second language.
Shame was the thread woven through everything.”

🎵 AUDIO SHIFT

Softer piano becomes deeper. A slow heartbeat begins underneath.

📽️ SCENE 4 — THE NIGHT EVERYTHING CHANGED

Visual: A crack in a bedroom door.
Light spills out.
The camera pushes closer… the sound cuts out…
then the door SLAMS shut.

Voiceover (lower, breaking):
“One night took what childhood I had left…
and buried it deeper than anyone could see.”

📽️ SCENE 5 — ADULTHOOD / MOTHERHOOD

Visual:
A grown woman (A.L.) stirring a pot on the stove…
helping with homework…
crying quietly in the bathroom with the water running.

Voiceover:
“I didn’t grow up — I endured.
And endurance followed me…
into motherhood…
into anxiety…
into a world where no one knew the cost of my smile.”

🎵 AUDIO BUILD

Low drums fade in — soft, tribal, steady.
A pulse.
A rise.

📽️ SCENE 6 — THE BECOMING

Visual:
Hands gripping a steering wheel in silence.
A journal opening.
A woman standing alone at sunrise, breathing for the first time.

Voiceover:
“But there comes a day… when survival isn’t enough.”
“A day when the girl you left behind… demands to come home.”

📽️ SCENE 7 — THE RISE

Visual:
Soft-focus montage:
• A.L. writing at a desk
• A page turning
• A woman stepping out of a dark doorway into daylight
• Trees shifting in wind
• The girl from the beginning — now older — standing in sunlight

Voiceover (stronger):
“This is the story of how I found her.”
“How I stopped disappearing.”
“How I rose from the very shadows that created me.”

📽️ FINAL SCENE — THE COVER REVEAL

Visual:
Black screen.
Slow fade-in to the book cover:
THE GIRL THE DARKNESS RAISED
by A.L. Childers

Voiceover (final, powerful):
“She didn’t grow up in the dark…
the dark grew up around her.”
“And she rose anyway.”

🎵 END AUDIO

Single piano note.
Fade to silence.

📢 TEXT ON SCREEN

AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 17, 2025
A memoir of survival, silence, and becoming.
For readers of Educated, The Glass Castle, and Untamed.

#TheGirlTheDarknessRaised #ALChilders #Memoir2025 #WomenWhoRise

“A memoir about survival, silence, and rising —
The Girl the Darkness Raised by A.L. Childers.
This story feels cinematic, atmospheric, and painfully real.
Exploring themes seen in projects by @A24, @NetflixFilm, and @HelloSunshine.”

OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

Film Rights Now Available for A.L. Childers’ Memoir

THE GIRL THE DARKNESS RAISED: A Memoir of Scarcity, Survival, and Becoming

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: November 2025
Author: A.L. Childers
Genre: Memoir / Survival / Women’s Stories
Status: Film, Television, Limited Series & Streaming Rights Now Available

🌑 ANNOUNCING FILM RIGHTS FOR A LITERARY MEMOIR ALREADY BEING CALLED “CINEMATIC & HAUNTING.”

A.L. Childers is officially offering exclusive film, television, and streaming rights for her 2025 memoir:

THE GIRL THE DARKNESS RAISED

A Memoir of Scarcity, Survival, and Becoming

A raw, atmospheric, emotionally charged memoir about poverty, trauma, motherhood, generational wounds, and the rebirth of a woman who returns to rescue the girl she had to abandon to survive.

Told in haunting, cinematic scenes, this memoir has been described by early readers as:

✨ “The next Educated.”
✨ “A southern Glass Castle — but darker, more poetic, and painfully real.”
✨ “A story that feels like a film already.”

Perfect for adaptation as a limited series, prestige drama, or A24-style psychological film, The Girl the Darkness Raised is positioned to resonate with audiences of:

  • Netflix (Maid, Unbelievable)
  • A24 (The Florida Project, Moonlight)
  • Hello Sunshine / Reese Witherspoon (Wild, Tiny Beautiful Things)
  • Apple TV+ (The Morning Show, Lessons in Chemistry)
  • Amazon Studios (The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart)
  • FX / Hulu (The Act, Under the Banner of Heaven)

🎥 WHY THIS MEMOIR IS A POWERFUL ADAPTATION CANDIDATE

🔥 1. Built-in Cinematic Structure

Told in vivid, movie-ready scenes with strong visual and emotional beats.

🔥 2. Universal Emotional Themes

Poverty, childhood trauma, survival, motherhood, anxiety, healing, rebirth — stories audiences connect to deeply.

🔥 3. Strong Female Lead With Broad Audience Appeal

A complex, raw, resilient Southern woman whose story offers both devastation and hope.

🔥 4. A Ready-Made Journey for a Limited Series

Each chapter reads like an episode:
Scarcity → Silence → Trauma → Survival → Motherhood → Breaking → Becoming.

🔥 5. The Memoir Market Is Hot

With the massive success of Educated, The Maid, Tiny Beautiful Things, and Hillbilly Elegy, the market is primed for raw, poetic Southern stories.

📩 RIGHTS INQUIRIES & CONTACT

Producers, agents, and acquisition teams may contact directly:

A.L. Childers
📧 Audreychilders@hotmail.com
🌐 http://www.TheHypothyroidismChick.com
📍 Based in North & South Carolina
🎭 Film, Television & Streaming Rights Available Worldwide

Professional inquiries only.

🎞️

@NetflixFilm • @A24 • @PrimeVideo • @AppleTVPlus • @HelloSunshine • @ReesesBookClub • @Hulu • @FXNetworks • @NetflixQueue • @AmazonStudios

🖋️ ABOUT THE AUTHOR

A.L. Childers is a multi-genre author of over 200 titles, blending memoir, women’s empowerment, social commentary, health advocacy, and raw storytelling.
Her writing style is cinematic, haunting, and emotionally immersive — making her books natural candidates for film and television adaptation.

🔥 LOG LINE FOR PRODUCERS

A woman raised by poverty, silence, and the night that stole her innocence fights her way through motherhood, anxiety, and generational wounds to reclaim the girl she had to abandon to survive.

🎬 RIGHTS STATUS: AVAILABLE

This story is ready for adaptation.
The darkness raised her.
The world is ready to watch her rise.

The Girl the Darkness Raised: A Memoir of Scarcity, Survival, and Becoming

The Girl the Darkness Raised

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Some books start with possibility.
This one begins in the dark.

Not the kind that steals the light —
the kind that slowly teaches you to see without it.

The Girl the Darkness Raised is not just a memoir;
it is a return to the places inside us we swore we’d never visit again.
The kitchens where hunger echoed louder than laughter.
The bedrooms where silence was the loudest sound.
The hallways we tiptoed down because even floorboards had opinions.

A.L. Childers does not tell her story —
she walks you back into it.

You feel the heaviness.
The smallness.
The way a child learns to read the weather inside a house long before she learns to read a book.

She writes about poverty without glamorizing it.
She writes about shame without drowning in it.
She writes about trauma without decorating it for applause.

Every sentence feels lived in.
Every chapter feels like a memory breaking through.

And as she moves from childhood to motherhood,
from chaos to clarity,
from disappearing to becoming,
you begin to recognize something:

This is not just her story.
It’s ours.
All of ours.

The story of the girl we left behind to survive…
and the woman who has to go back for her.

The Girl the Darkness Raised: A Memoir of Scarcity, Survival, and Becoming

📖 A Sample Page —

From Chapter 4: The Rules of Survival No One Taught Me

There are things children should never have to memorize,
Yet I learned them before multiplication tables.

Don’t cough when he’s sleeping.
Don’t speak when she’s thinking.
Don’t breathe too loudly when the air is already tight.

I became fluent in the language of avoiding chaos.

Some kids were raised by parents.
I was raised by the spaces between their moods.

I remember the night the world tilted —
the night that split my childhood in half —
the moment before I walked through that door,
still believing the world was mostly safe.

I didn’t know innocence could be stolen in a single breath.

After that night, I didn’t grow up.
I endured childhood.

An endurance that followed me into motherhood,
into marriage,
into the hollow rooms where anxiety curled itself into my ribs
like a tenant with no plans to leave.

For years, I mistook survival for strength.
For decades, I confused silence with peace.

But peace doesn’t come from pretending.
It comes from choosing.

Choosing yourself.
Choosing the girl you abandoned so you could function.
Choosing to walk back into the dark —
not to stay,
but to bring her out with you.

That is why I wrote this book.

To find the girl who slept on floors,
who ate sadness like it was supper,
who tiptoed through childhood like it was a minefield.

I didn’t want to leave her behind anymore.

🔥 Why Readers Cannot Put This Book Down

✨ Because the writing feels like memory — not storytelling.

You don’t watch scenes unfold.
You relive them.

✨ Because every woman sees herself somewhere in these pages.

The hunger.
The silence.
The motherhood that magnifies wounds you never healed.

✨ Because it is devastating and healing at the same time.

This memoir breaks you softly…
then hands you back to yourself.

✨ Because it explains the girl you were and the woman you became.

This isn’t a trauma dump.
It’s a rising.

👩‍💻 ABOUT THE AUTHOR

A.L. Childers grew up in South Carolina, raised by scarcity, shadows, and a mother who never saw the quiet damage.
She has spent her adult life rewriting the patterns that shaped her —
healing her body, reclaiming her voice, and telling stories that help other women see themselves.

With over 200 books across memoir, women’s empowerment, metaphysics, and health restoration, she writes with a voice that is raw, poetic, cinematic, and impossible to forget.

Find her books on Amazon under A.L. Childers
Visit her blog: TheHypothyroidismChick.com

 Books by A.L. Childers

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DISCLAIMER

This memoir deals with childhood trauma, poverty, and emotional abuse.
It may be triggering —
but it may also be the beginning of your own healing.

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