KISSING DOORKNOBS

8 x 30 minute TV Series

Producer: Beyond Entertainment

Based on the novel by Terry Spencer Hesser

A headstrong, hot mess, working mum fights to hold her family together while her teenage daughter’s undiagnosed OCD drives her to act on the absurd commands of celebrity voices in her head.

With their lives spiralling into chaos, the family navigates the hilarious and heartfelt challenges of mental health, parenting, and growing up in 1990’s Australia. It’s DERRY GIRLS meets BUMP.

The first novel for young adults that addresses Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). With approximately 1.5 million adolescents in the U.S affected, OCD is a pertinent issue to young readers. This story not only explores the confusion and fear experienced by 14-year-old Tara, but the anxiety and agony parents face when a child is suffering from OCD.

- Penguin Random House

Hesser's unusually polished debut novel brings a singularly compassionate wit to a singularly painful topic.

- Publishers Weekly