PUB DEAL: Founder and CEO of Latched Mama Melissa Wirt’s I WAS TOLD THERE’D BE A VILLAGE, an anecdotal exploration of the transformative power of friendship and connection in motherhood, aimed at tearing down the walls that keep mothers isolated, and showing readers how to empower themselves—professionally and personally—through building community, with editing by Jessica Sindler, to Karyn Marcus at Grand Central in a multi-six-figure deal [Agent: Kevin Anderson and Erika Niven at Kevin Anderson & Associates].