Summary

In the Prologue of Julia Claiborne Johnson's Be Frank With me (Kindle edition), Alice and Frank are going to the hospital to see his mother who is there for observation after a fire.

In Chapter 1, Isaac Vargas asks Alice whether she would like to go to California to help one of his clients, M.M. Banning (Mimi), get her new book written quickly by helping her use the computer and keeping the household running until the she has completed the book. Isaac Vargas was the editor of Mimi's first book which she wrote years ago when she was 19 years old. The book was a smashing success and had been turned into an Oscar winning movie. For unknown reasons, the author has not written anything since then. She has also not been in contact with Isaac until she calls...