Age: 27
female
Jewelianna Ramos-Ortiz is known for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), Blue Beetle (2023) and Red One (2024). Jewelianna began her journey as a martial artist at age 3 under her parents. Born and raised in Miami Florida of Puerto Rican ethnicity. She began competing at age 8 and earned multiple renowned world titles. She had competed and traveled the world teaching seminars before getting into the film industry. She moved to ATL in 2018 and since entering the action industry she has built a resume including Black Panther Wakanda Forever, Miss Marvel, DC’s Blue Beetle, CBS True lies, Red One, Wolf Pack & much more. She continues to grow as a stunt performer, actress and martial arts influencer.
Violet Powell, a twenty-two-year-old from rural Abbott Falls, Maine, is being released from prison after serving twenty-two months for a drunk-driving crash that killed a local kindergarten teacher. Harriet Larson, a retired English teacher who runs the prison book club, is facing the unsettling prospect of an empty nest. Frank Daigle, a retired machinist, hasn’t yet come to grips with the complications of his marriage to the woman Violet killed. When the three encounter each other one morning in a bookstore in Portland—Violet to buy the novel she was reading in the prison book club before her release, Harriet to choose the next title for the women who remain, and Frank to dispatch his duties as the store handyman—their lives begin to intersect in transformative ways. How to Read a Book is an unsparingly honest and profoundly hopeful story about letting go of guilt, seizing second chances, and the power of books to change our lives. With the heart, wit, grace, and depth of understanding that has characterized her work, Monica Wood illuminates the decisions that define a life and the kindnesses that make life worth living...
