num_pages: 287
description: Reclusive literary legend M. M. Mimi Banning has been holed up in her Bel Air mansion for years but now shes writing her first book in decades and to ensure timely completion her publisher sends an assistant to monitor her progress. Mimi reluctantly complieswith 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 shes put to work right awayas a full-time companion to Frank the writers eccentric nine-year-old a boy with the wit of Nol Coward the wardrobe of a 1930s movie star and very little in common with his fellow fourth graders.As she gets to know Frank Alice becomes consumed with finding out who his father is how his gorgeous piano teacher and itinerant male role model Xander fits into the Banning family equationand whether Mimi will ever finish that book.Full of heart and countless only-in-Hollywood moments Be Frank With Me is a captivating and heartwarming story of an unusual mother and son and the intrepid young woman who finds herself irresistibly pulled into their unforgettable world.
language: English
title: Be Frank With Me
publisher: William Morrow