Be Frank With Me by Julia Claiborne Johnson

The two women try and make small talk, but Mimi is not very personable, so Alice ends up leading the conversation. Alice notices that every wall in the house is covered in curtains. Once Mimi realizes Alice is trustworthy, she lets her into her giant house, which is made out of glass. Alice calms Mimi by proving she is the girl that Mr. When she arrives in Bel Air, she nervously approaches Mimi’s house and is greeted by a hostile Mimi threatening to call the police.

Alice admits she never quite loved the book Pitched, even though her mother loved it when she was a girl. She has a son named Frank, and does not have time to take care of him while she writes. Banning, whose real name is Mimi, has run into some financial troubles and needs to write another novel in order to earn money again. Banning, the esteemed author of a famous book called Pitched. Alice is told she must travel from New York City to Los Angeles to assist M.M. Isaac Vargas, assigns her a surprise mission. Alice has finally landed a decent job with benefits at a publishing house when her boss, Mr. Johnson says Frank was inspired by the character of Boo Radley’s undefined autism, and by having children of her own. Little does Alice know she will become a nanny to Banning’s peculiar son, Frank, who leads her on a journey she could not have predicted. “Mimi” Banning in Los Angeles as she attempts to finish her latest novel. The story follows young protagonist Alice who is sent to assist legendary novelist M.M. Be Frank With Me is Julia Claiborne Johnson’s 2016 debut novel.

Be Frank With Me by Julia Claiborne Johnson