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. WINNER OF THE AUDIE AWARD FOR BEST FEMALE NARRATORĪ sparkling talent makes her fiction debut with this infectious novel that combines the charming pluck of Eloise, the poignant psychological quirks of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and the page-turning spirit of Where’d You Go, Bernadette. You will lose your heart to him as surely as Alice does.AN AMERICAN BOOKSELLERS ASSOCIATION ADULT DEBUT HONOR BOOK Nevertheless, it’s a struggle for Alice to get accepted by Frank, although she has an even bigger problem with Mimi, who never does seem to warm up to her.Įventually, Frank makes some progress socially, Alice has her heart stolen, and as for the new book – well – you will have to read this charming story to find out what becomes of it.Įvaluation: Frank is delightful, and by far the best character of the book. It may take him a while, but someday he’ll figure out how to live in a the world of ordinary mortals.”
“He’s an odd duck, but brilliant children often are.
Xander Devlin, a handsome handyman who also works for Mimi, claims that the bizarre costumes and constant stream of facts served as Frank’s armor against the rest of the world. “Frank, a snappy little dresser given to mood swings, scarves, and non sequiturs, just visiting our world from a small, eccentric planet of his own.” In fact, Frank reminds Alice of “The Little Prince”: He doesn’t do well socially, but has a photographic memory, a brilliant mind, and a penchant for the trivia and dress of old Hollywood. Frank probably has Asperger’s syndrome although the nature of his difference is never given a name. What Mimi needs help with the most is someone to help take care of her 9-year-old son Frank. Now, however, she needs money, and so is finally willing to try a second book.
Banning’s first book, “Pitched,” is considered a classic, but the author has never written anything since. Alice’s assignment is loose: she is to do whatever needs to be done to make sure the book gets written. (“Mimi”) Banning, a noted reclusive author, who is working on her second novel. This quirky story chronicles six months in the life of 24-year-old Alice Whitley, who is sent by her publishing house boss, Isaac Vargas, to go to Los Angeles.
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