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Be Frank with Me
Julia Claiborne Johnson
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Description for Be Frank with Me
Paperback. A funny, poignant and unforgettable novel about Frank - one of the most lovable and unusual characters you'll ever meet Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
A funny, poignant and unforgettable novel about Frank - one of the most lovable and unusual characters you'll ever meet. For some boys fitting in means standing out Meet Frank - he isn't like other kids. Intrepid explorer, sartorial connoisseur; he's as strange as he is brilliant. But Frank discovers the hard way that people don't like brilliant and they hate strange. What Frank longs for - aside from a father - is a friend. Meet Mimi - a reclusive literary legend and mother to Frank. Mimi has been holed up in her Bel Air mansion for years, keeping her secrets and hiding Frank from a cruel world. Until Alice. Meet Alice - the level-headed young woman charged with looking after Mimi's unusual son. In so doing, Alice discovers what it really means to love someone. And she finds a part of herself she never knew was missing. Funny, poignant and unforgettable, this novel - like Frank - is a one-off creation you'll fall in love with.
Product Details
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782399209
SKU
V9781782399209
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Julia Claiborne Johnson
Julia Claiborne Johnson worked at Mademoiselle Magazine before moving to Los Angeles, where she lives with her husband and their two children.
Reviews for Be Frank with Me
The curious incident of where'd you go, Salinger.
Kirkus Reviews
Johnson's magnificently poignant, funny, and wholly original debut goes beyond page-turner status. Her charming, flawed, quietly courageous characters, each wonderfully different, demand a second reading.
Library Journal
Witty dialogue, irresistible characters, and a touch of mystery make this sweet debut about a quirky Hollywood family an enjoyable page-turner.
Booklist
Readers will find themselves captivated.
People Magazine
Johnson's magnificently poignant, funny, and wholly original debut goes beyond page-turner status. Readers will race to the next sentence. And the next. Her charming, flawed, quietly courageous characters, each wonderfully different, demand a second reading while we impatiently await the author's second work.
starred review
Library Journal
Delightful. You will laugh out loud.
Slate
Hilarious, poignant and full of unexpected gems.
Huffington Post
Sit back...and enjoy the show.
New York Times Book Review
Kirkus Reviews
Johnson's magnificently poignant, funny, and wholly original debut goes beyond page-turner status. Her charming, flawed, quietly courageous characters, each wonderfully different, demand a second reading.
Library Journal
Witty dialogue, irresistible characters, and a touch of mystery make this sweet debut about a quirky Hollywood family an enjoyable page-turner.
Booklist
Readers will find themselves captivated.
People Magazine
Johnson's magnificently poignant, funny, and wholly original debut goes beyond page-turner status. Readers will race to the next sentence. And the next. Her charming, flawed, quietly courageous characters, each wonderfully different, demand a second reading while we impatiently await the author's second work.
starred review
Library Journal
Delightful. You will laugh out loud.
Slate
Hilarious, poignant and full of unexpected gems.
Huffington Post
Sit back...and enjoy the show.
New York Times Book Review