While I didn’t write Far From the Tree with specific actors in mind for the characters in the novel, I do like to speculate about who would play them if the novel ever became a screenplay! So here are my picks, my dream cast if you like, for Little Somerby’s residents. As this is purely for fun, some of my choices might be a little wide of the mark, age wise, but their look is how I envisage the characters themselves.

Anna Hemingway

Matthew Carter

Tara Fielding

Charlotte Taylor

Jonathan Carter

Meredith Carter: