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English
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"The long anticipated second novel from the bestselling author of Be Frank With Me, set in 1930s Reno, in which two very different women seeking divorces meet and form an unlikely friendship that is complicated by the handsome young ranch hand who befriends both--and who finds his life unexpectedly upturned by one"--
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Language
English
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Description
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 complies, with a few stipulations: No Ivy-Leaguers or English...
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Publisher
Blackstone Audio
Pub. Date
[2016], p2016
Language
English
Description
When Alice Whitley arrives at the Banning mansion to monitor the progress that reclusive literary legend M.M. "Mimi" Banning is making on her latest book, she is put to work right away as a fulltime 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...
Author
Publisher
Harper Audio
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
It's 1938 and women seeking a quick, no-questions split from their husbands head to the 'divorce capital of the world, ' Reno, Nevada. There's one catch: they have to wait six-weeks to become 'residents.' Many of these wealthy, soon-to-be divorcees flock to the Flying Leap, a dude ranch that caters to their every need. Twenty-four-year-old Ward spent one year at Yale before his family lost everything in the Great Depression; now he's earning an honest...