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Be Frank With Me (2016)

di Julia Claiborne Johnson

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A 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.

Reclusive literary legend M. M. "Mimi" Banning has been holed up in her Bel Air mansion for years. But after falling prey to a Bernie Madoff-style ponzi scheme, she's flat broke. 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. The prickly Mimi reluctantly compliesâ??with a few stipulations: No Ivy-Leaguers or English majors. Must drive, cook, tidy. Computer whiz. Good with kids. Quiet, discreet, sane.

When Alice Whitley arrives at the Banning mansion, she's put to work right awayâ??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.

As 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 into the Banning family equationâ??and whether Mimi will ever finish that book.

Full of heart and countless "only-in-Hollywood" moments, Be Frank with Me is a captivating and unconventional story of an unusual mother and son, and the intrepid young woman who finds herself irresistibly pulled into their unforgettable wo… (altro)

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Very original and rather charming for the most part. ( )
  Kim.Sasso | Aug 27, 2023 |
Riveting language and metaphors even though lacking in emotional gravitas. ( )
  GordonPrescottWiener | Aug 24, 2023 |
When I put books on my to-read list, I usually write a few sentence synopsis. For this I had:

"A precocious child protagonist, who may be autistic, his child-minder, his famous novelist mother and somewhere, a plot. It's quirky! And zany! And hopefully not ridiculously twee."

Pretty much sums it up. It is a little twee -- Frank is not really an accurate portrait of an autist, as much as a portrait of an idealized-self-insert sort of child: extra precocious, loved by adults and with preternatural insight -- but in a cute way.

I often look for flawed characters that the reader nonetheless comes to really like, and Be Frank With Me really excels at that. All of the characters are substantially flawed but likeable and them coming together as something that resembles a family of choice feels really satisfying. ( )
  settingshadow | Aug 19, 2023 |
I can't recall anything about it now. ( )
  mykl-s | Aug 13, 2023 |
Quirky Frank is such a lockable character! I really enjoyed his style and old-fashioned style, which gave him a great sense of humor. I know some might find Alice’s character dull, especially when compared to Frank, but the juxtaposition of her and Frank is what made this novel so enjoyable. ( )
  JaxlynLeigh | Jul 28, 2023 |
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Nome dell'autoreRuoloTipo di autoreOpera?Stato
Johnson, Julia Claiborneautore primariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Gilbert, TaviaNarratoreautore principalealcune edizioniconfermato
Hansen, IrisÜbersetzerautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
HarperAudioPublisherautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
Schwaner, TejaÜbersetzerautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
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Fiction. Literature. Humor (Fiction.) HTML:

A 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.

Reclusive literary legend M. M. "Mimi" Banning has been holed up in her Bel Air mansion for years. But after falling prey to a Bernie Madoff-style ponzi scheme, she's flat broke. 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. The prickly Mimi reluctantly compliesâ??with a few stipulations: No Ivy-Leaguers or English majors. Must drive, cook, tidy. Computer whiz. Good with kids. Quiet, discreet, sane.

When Alice Whitley arrives at the Banning mansion, she's put to work right awayâ??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.

As 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 into the Banning family equationâ??and whether Mimi will ever finish that book.

Full of heart and countless "only-in-Hollywood" moments, Be Frank with Me is a captivating and unconventional story of an unusual mother and son, and the intrepid young woman who finds herself irresistibly pulled into their unforgettable wo

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