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What It Was Really Like Working With JLo

Here's what happened when Jennifer Lopez tried to adapt my book to screen

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Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
Jul 11, 2024
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The Exciting Beginning

Twenty-two years ago (Jesus, has it really been that long?) I received the exhilarating news that Jennifer Lopez had signed on to produce and star in a film adaptation of my first novel, The Dirty Girls Social Club.

I got this unbelievable news before the book even hit shelves. As a fledgling author and new mother who’d quit her da…

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