![]() ![]() ![]() This humorous book is an LA story about a reclusive writer, her eccentric young son, and the outsider sent in to look after them. When Alice Whitley arrives at the Banning mansion, she's put to work right away - as a full-time companion to Frank, the writer's eccentric nine-year-old, a boy with the wit of Noel Coward, the wardrobe of a 1930s movie star, and very little in common with his fellow fourth graders.Īs she slowly gets to know Frank, Alice becomes consumed with finding out who Frank's father is, how his gorgeous "piano teacher and itinerant male role model", Xander, fits in to the Banning family equation - and whether Mimi will ever finish that book. The prickly Mimi reluctantly complies - with a few stipulations: no Ivy Leaguers or English majors. Now Mimi must write a new book for the first time in decades, and to ensure the timely delivery of her manuscript, her New York publisher sends an assistant to monitor her progress. But after falling prey to a Bernie Madoff-style Ponzi scheme, she's flat broke. ![]() "Mimi" Banning has been holed up in her Bel Air mansion for years. Genres: Fiction, Literary, Family Life, Humorous, General Published by Harper Audio on January 29th 2016 Be Frank With Me by Julia Claiborne Johnson ![]()
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