Susannah Gora, a Duke alumna, former editor for Premiere and cousin of Joe Ashby Porter, is releasing a book about the Brat Pack. Titled You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried: The Brat Pack, John Hughes, and Their Impact on a Generation, the book was featured in today's USA Today.
Gora's book focuses on the work of John Hughes and the rise and fall of the group named by NY Mag, a dubbing she calls the "beginning of the end."
It will be interesting to see what new info Gora has on the book, especially in light of John Hughes' death last summer. But it should also be noted that Gora isn't the only alum connected to the Brat Pack: see St. Elmo's Fire screenwriter Carl Kurlander (though some might contest said film as tied to the Brat Pack given Hughes and teen queen Molly Ringwald were not involved in the project).
You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried is out tomorrow on Crown.
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