“I must admit that Frank Bascombe was the most unlikable character I had read since Sarah Worth in John Updike’s novel S. I wrote that I hated the protagonist and thought I would not read the rest of the books in the series. In 2015, I read and wrote a review for The Sportswriter by Richard Ford, the first Frank Bascombe novel.
I felt it’s appropriate for my latest Wisdom From Kammbia review. I did not realize completist was a word until I typed this review. When Alice Whitley arrives at the Banning mansion, she’s put to work right away–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.Īs 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 equation–and whether Mimi will ever finish that book.įull 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 world.I’m a reading completist.
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.
AN AMERICAN BOOKSELLERS ASSOCIATION ADULT DEBUT HONOR BOOK
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