Abi Morgan to Write and Direct TV Adaptation of Her Book “This Is Not a Pity Memoir”

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Abi Morgan to Write and Direct TV Adaptation of Her Book “This Is Not a Pity Memoir”

An Emmy-winning screenwriter is taking her own life story to the small screen. According to Deadline, Abi Morgan will write, direct, and exec produce a TV adaptation of “This Is Not a Pity Memoir,” her autobiographical book that hit stands earlier this year. Sister, a studio founded by Elisabeth Murdoch, Stacey Snider, and Jane Featherstone, landed rights to the book. Featherstone is co-producing the project with Little Chick, Morgan’s production company. A broadcaster isn’t attached yet.

Morgan won an Emmy for “The Hour.” She created “The Split.” The third and final season of the legal drama debuts on BBC America today, June 27. “Suffragette,” “The Iron Lady,” and “Shame” are among her big screen writing credits.

A Sunday Times bestseller, Morgan’s book “begins with the unexpected collapse of her partner Jacob Krichefski one June morning,” per the source. The book’s synopsis emphasizes that it isn’t “a pity memoir,” but rather “a story about meeting your person. It’s about the things you wished you’d said to the person you love. It’s about the silence of being lost in space and the importance of family, and parties, and noise. It’s about not knowing and not being known. It’s the difference between living and surviving.”

Morgan works with Sister on “The Split.”

“Working with Jane and Sister over the last few tumultuous years, they have been my running partners, given a unique bird’s eye view on the unfolding drama,” said Morgan. “As producers of some of the best film and television out there, there is no one else I would trust to help bring the deeply personal ‘This Is Not a Pity Memoir’ to the screen.”

Featherstone added, “Abi has such an extraordinary gift for words, so while it should be absolutely no surprise that her memoir is such a beautiful and powerful book, it still stunned me. We’ve worked together for many years but her incredible strength in these last few, very challenging ones, has been deeply inspirational.”