Given that Tiny Beautiful Things adapts Wild author Cheryl Strayed's collection of advice columns (which she wrote anonymously under the name "Dear Sugar"), it's perhaps not shocking to learn that this latest book adaptation for Hulu in the States (and Disney+ here) is the latest to roll off of Reese Witherspoon's production line. See Kathryn Hahn in the first trailer for the series below…
Tiny Beautiful Things follows Clare (Hahn) a writer who becomes a revered advice columnist while her own life is falling apart.
When we first meet Clare, her marriage to her husband Danny (Quentin Plair) is barely limping along; her teenage daughter, Rae (Tanzyn Crawford), is pushing her away; and her once-promising writing career is non-existent. So when an old writing pal asks her to take over as the advice columnist Dear Sugar, she thinks she has no business giving anyone advice.
After reluctantly taking on the mantle of Sugar however, Clare's life unfurls in a complex fabric of memory, exploring her most pivotal moments from childhood through present day, and excavating the beauty, struggle, and humor in her unhealed wounds. Through Sugar, Clare forms a salve for her readers — and for herself – to show us that we are not beyond rescue, that our stories can ultimately save us. And, perhaps, bring us back home.
With the likes of Merritt Wever (as Claire's mother in flashbacks) also in the cast, all eight episodes of Tiny Beautiful Things will hit Hulu in the States and Disney+ here in the UK on 7 April.