Plan B Entertainment and Searchlight Pictures will be adapting Davis’ memoir The World According to Fannie Davis for the big screen. The script is being written by Davis, with Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage working as a consultant on the project.
The Library of Michigan’s panel of 14 academics, librarians and writers from across the state selected TWATFD as one of the 20 books that made this year’s list.
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Davis’ memoir is called “an incredible story” and “a fascinating glimpse of how it all worked” in the Detroit Numbers world.
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In its starred review, Kirkus called Davis’ memoir an “outstanding book” and “a remarkable story.”
Davis’ story about her mom, told before a live audience in Detroit, recently aired on local NPR radio stations and can now be heard on The Moth Radio Hour.
Davis’ memoir is sited alongside four other noteworthy AA memoirs as must-haves that belong on your shelf.
Davis’ memoir is called “a fast-paced gallop through a world couched in secrecy that we seldom get to see.”
Davis is interviewed about her mother’s secret vocation, and its impact on the community.
AM to DM Host Zach Stafford interviews Davis about her incredible mom.
Host Ron Chepesiuk interviews Davis about her mom’s life in an underground economy.