On this episode of The Adaptables, Abbe and Emma dish about episode four of the Hulu adaptation of Celeste Ng’s bestselling novel LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE. They’re joined by novelists Camille Perri, author of THE ASSISTANTS and WHEN KATIE MET CASSIDY, and Quan Barry, author of WE RIDE UPON STICKS.Abbe, Emma, Camille, and Quan discuss Pearl’s first time, Mia and Elena’s confrontations, Ani DiFranco, adapting your own work as a novelist, Mariah Carey’s “Honey,” and more.Discussion breakdown:Emma’s Fire Count (Emma recaps the episode (Camille Perri on the drama that all comes to a head in this episode (The Elena and Mia confrontational arc on-screen vs. the book and other differences (How did Bebe, the birth mother, find the McCulloughs? (Where Linda McCullough is coming from? (Trip, the original pick-up artist and stop, drop, and roll (Izzy’s sexuality (Celeste Ng on how we’re shaped by our mothers. "You're shaped by her presence or her absence." (Izzy’s bedroom and Ani DiFranco (Quan on the decision to cast Kerry Washington and Lexi Underwood as the Warrens (Celeste Ng on how the casting has changed her own perspective on her characters. "Now, when I go back and look at the pages, I see them." (Elena saying “You’re a bad mother.” (Bebe’s immigration challenges and securing her legal representation (What’s the deal with the artwork? (Mean Girls, slut shaming, and “was that it?” Pearl’s first time. (Departures from the book (Celeste Ng on book purists, “Don’t worry, the book is always still there.” (How extra is that closing shot? (Favorite ‘90s moments: TLC, The Fugees, Mariah Carey, No Doubt, the Lilith Fair magazine cover, Forrest Gump, Jordan Catalano’s jacket, 12 Monkeys movie poster (Foreshadowing moments (Camille on adaptations and writing the screenplay of The Assistants (Celeste Ng on why she didn’t want to be the screenwriter. “I got to sit in on the writer’s room and meet all of the really amazing writers that worked on the show.” (Quan Barry on witchcraft, field hockey and her novel, We Ride Upon Sticks (Quan and Camille on their favorite adaptations (What are Camille and Quan reading? (TV show recap:Everyone talks about staying out of each other’s business and but then everyone gets into each other’s business.Mia threatening Scott, the cook at Lucky Palace. Later, Elena also threatens Scott.Moody and Trip are fighting over Pearl. Trip gives his younger brother some questionable dating advice.Mia pushes Bebe to confront McCulloughs.Linda obsesses over the police report from Mirabelle’s first birthday and Elena pushes the McCulloughs to confront Bebe.Elena steps in to buy Bebe off with Mark’s checkbook.Mia and Elena exploding at one another.Mia snooping around Richardson’s and stealing the family’s items.Izzy snooping around Mia’s apartment and studio.The Halloween party and Trick or Treating.Izzy confronting her own sexuality.Pearl and Trip do it.Mia lights the picture of Elena on fire.LITTLE FIRES COUNT: 3🔥 Stop Drop and Roll🔥 The scorching of Elena’s photo🔥 More weed smokingThe Adaptables is a podcast from Read it Forward and Penguin Random House that dives into your favorite book-to-screen adaptations. This season, we’re watching the Hulu adaptation of Celeste Ng's LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE. Join hosts Abbe Wright and Emma Shafer as we interview authors, insiders and Celeste Ng, herself, about what makes an adaptable great, why watching and reading are important self-care rituals, and the many other books and shows we are binging and loving right now. Because at The Adaptables, we love to watch what we read. (Warning: there will be little spoilers everywhere.)Send us an email or voice recording to [email protected]. What did you think of the episode? Are you watching the show? Is Hulu’s LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE a successful adaptation of the book?Follow @ReadItForward on Twitter and Instagram, follow Camille Perri on Instagram and Twitter at @camilleperri, tweet your thoughts on episode 4 and other adaptations you love. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts.NEXT UP: We’ll recap episode five with Bookstagrammer Taylor Noel, the gal behind @books_with_taylor!