Northern Borders tells the story of a young city boy sent by his father to live on his grandparents’ farm in Kingdom County, Vermont, where he experiences wild adventures and uncovers long-festering family secrets. It’s 1956 and the farm becomes a magical place for Austen Kittredge, full of eccentric people -- like his rascal cousin and stubborn but loving grandparents, whose thorny marriage is known as the Forty Years War. A humorous and sometimes startling coming-of-age story, Northern Borders evokes the Northeast Kingdom’s startling wilderness, its sublime beauty, and its aura of enchantment. In a New York Times Book Review, Fannie Flagg called Mosher’s novel, “A touching and unforgettable portrait of a people and time.”
The film was previously in development by Academy Award winning producer Jake Eberts (Dances with Wolves, Gandhi) for Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward.
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