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Dorothy Koomson has announced that her 2010 novel The Ice Cream Girls is to be adapted by Left Bank Pictures for a three-part TV series. The story is about Serena (Lorraine Burroughs) and Poppy (Jodhi May) who witnessed a tragic event as teenagers. On her website, Koomson admits the scriptwriters will change the story somewhat. "I do know they've changed the ending. No, I have no say in that but I'm sure it'll be fabulous," she said. Shooting begins late August and the series is expected to air on ITV in Britain in 2013.