It still feels surreal for Philly novelist Liz Moore. It was only a year ago she was standing on the set of "Long Bright River," a TV adaptation of her Kensington-based novel inspired by her years of volunteering in the infamous open drug market.

"We can see ourselves in each of these people, and that's the point of storytelling,” Seyfried tells PEOPLE of the show, now streaming on Peacock

The eight-episode adaptation of Liz Moore's novel tells a story of sisterhood, addiction and murder set in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia.