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Tiny Beautiful Things is a 2023 American drama miniseries streaming on Hulu, created by Liz Tigelaar. Based on the bestselling book by Cheryl Strayed, the series adapts her "Dear Sugar" advice column for the literary website The Rumpus. It stars Kathryn Hahn as Clare, a writer who reluctantly becomes an advice columnist while navigating her own personal grief and complex family dynamics. The narrative interweaves her present-day struggles with flashbacks to her difficult past.
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What book is Tiny Beautiful Things based on?
It adapts Cheryl Strayed's bestselling book Tiny Beautiful Things, which collected her anonymously written Dear Sugar advice columns for the literary website The Rumpus. The series weaves those letters into a narrative about the columnist's own unraveling life.
Who stars in the Tiny Beautiful Things miniseries?
Kathryn Hahn stars as Clare, the writer behind the Sugar column, with Merritt Wever playing her late mother Frankie in flashbacks. Sarah Pidgeon plays the young version of Clare.
How many episodes does Tiny Beautiful Things have, and where does it stream?
It is an eight-episode miniseries that streamed on Hulu in 2023. It was created by Liz Tigelaar, who previously showran Hulu's adaptation of Little Fires Everywhere.
Is Tiny Beautiful Things based on Cheryl Strayed's real life?
Yes, heavily. Like Strayed, Clare deals with her mother's death, grief-fueled mistakes, and a fracturing marriage, themes Strayed also explored in her memoir Wild. Reese Witherspoon, who portrayed Strayed in the 2014 film Wild, serves as an executive producer.
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