Reeling Spirit Production presents: A 2004 Janine Turner Film "Trip In a Summer Dress." Janine wrote the screenplay, directed and produced this film that she and her daughter, Juliette, and her Mom, Janice Gauntt, acted in. Filmed in Fort Worth, TX area!  Set in the 1950s in a small country Texas town, "Trip In A Summer Dress" is about a strong willed mother and her children.

Storyline:

"Meet a strong-willed mother and her children: Sarah Jean, the daughter, and Matthew, the son. They live in a story that explores age-old, classic conflicts: Mother versus daughter and society versus the soul. Mama is steadfast about how she feels Sara Jean, age 15, should live her life. Over the course of five years Sara Jean struggles to find the courage to confront her mother. Oddly, as she embarks on a journey of the heart, Sara Jean finds strength through the prodding of a precocious five year old little girl, Scarlette. Emboldened by their mutual bond they proceed to face their mothers together, and Sara Jean finally dares to speak her truths. Will it reap the reward she so desperately seeks?Written by Reeling Spirit"

The Book:

"Annette Sanford is a Texan author who wrote the "A Trip in a Summer Dress". She was born on August 3, 1929, in Texas. She attended Cuero High School and University of Texas at Austin. After she graduated college she decided to work at a high school in Ganardo, Texas as an English teacher.  After 25 years of teaching, she decided to quit her job and devout herself to writing full time. Annette wrote "A Trip in a Summer Dress" and published in 1978. Also this short story inspired the TNT network television movie starring Janine Turner in 2004 under the same title."

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