

Which is why accountancy graduate, Alice Whitely finds herself on Mimi’s Bel Air doorstep, her brief being to do whatever is necessary to allow Mimi to finish her book. Years ago, her first (and only) book was such a popular bestseller that she went into hiding in California now, a drastic change in financial circumstances means Mimi needs a publishing success. When reclusive author, M.M.Banning (aka Mimi Gillespie) contacts Isaac Vargas, her New York publisher, to ask for help with a new book, he is prepared to bend over backwards to assist. It may take him a while, but someday he’ll figure out how to live in the world of ordinary mortals.’”īe Frank With Me is the first novel by American author, Julia Claiborne Johnson. ‘He’s an odd duck, but brilliant children often are.
