A few years ago during lockdown I spent an afternoon filming
@deangus at home. Just two cameras, some sketchbooks on the table, his wife nearby, and his five-year-old daughter weaving in and out of the frame. It wasnât planned as anything big we just wanted to capture something honest and real.
At the time, Cassi and the House of Memories was still in progress. Dean had started writing it after losing his father to dementia, building a story where a young girl moves through her grandfatherâs memories to find him again. His daughter, Leona, was born after her grandfather passed, so the book became a bridge between them.
Itâs now out in the world, published by Viking Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House, the same publisher behind Harry Potter. Weâre heading back in with a small crew to pick up where we left off and finish telling the story behind the book.
It started small. It never felt small.
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