Precocious 9-year-old Frank Banning steals the show from Alice, the story’s narrator and Frank’s temporary caregiver, in this debut novel.  Alice has been sent to Hollywood to watch Frank while his mother, a reclusive writer, attempts to produce a book that will save them from financial ruin.  Mimi is prickly toward Alice but also welcomes… Read More Be Frank With Me by Julia Claiborne Johnson