Sinopse: A sinister Gothic tale in the tradition of The Woman in Black and The Fall of the House of Usher 1891.
In a remote and crumbling New England mansion, 12-year-old orphan Florence is neglected by her guardian uncle and banned from reading. Left to her own devices she devours books in secret and talks to herself - and narrates this, her story - in a unique language of her own invention. By night, she sleepwalks the corridors like one of the old house's many ghosts and is troubled by a recurrent dream in which a mysterious woman appears to threaten her younger brother Giles. Sometimes Florence doesn't sleepwalk at all, but simply pretends to so she can roam at will and search the house for clues to her own baffling past. After the sudden violent death of the children's first governess, a second teacher, Miss Taylor, arrives, and immediately strange phenomena begin to occur. Florence becomes convinced that the new governess is a vengeful and malevolent spirit who means to do Giles harm. Against this powerful supernatural enemy, and without any adult to whom she can turn for help, Florence must use all her intelligence and ingenuity to both protect her little brother and preserve her private world. Inspired by and in the tradition of Henry James' s The Turn of the Screw, Florence & Giles is a gripping gothic page-turner told in a startlingly different and wonderfully captivating narrative voice.
Biografia: John Harding Lucas Jr., também conhecido por John Lucas II é um ex-jogador e treinador de basquete profissional norte-americano. Jogou 14 temporadas na National Basketball Association e treinou 6 equipes da confederação. Com 1.89 metros de altura, jogava como armador. É pai do atual jogador John Lucas III.
Ele participou da Seleção norte-americana no Campeonato Mundial de Basquetebol de 1974, que conquistou a medalha de bronze. Ficou quatorze anos na NBA, inclusive no Houston Rockets vice-campeão de 1986. No entanto, sua carreira foi afastada pelo uso de cocaína e pelo alcoolismo. Jogadores como Mitchell Wiggins e Lewis Lloyd foram banidos do esporte, mas Lucas submeteu-se a tratamento e não foi. Depois do incidente jogou mais quatro anos até aposentar-se.
