A Likely Story -- Leigh McMullan Abramson

<b>CBS New York Book Club with Mary Calvi and Belletrist Book Club Pick</b> <p/><b>"Raw, complex, and utterly unforgettable." --Fiona Davis, <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author</b> <p/><b>The only child of a famous American novelist discovers a shocking family secret that upends everything she thought she knew about her parents, her gilded childhood, and her own stalled writing career in this standout debut, perfect for fans of <i>Pineapple Street </i>and <i>The Plot</i>.</b> <p/>Growing up in the nineties in New York City as the only child of famous parents was both a blessing and a curse for Isabelle Manning. Her beautiful society hostess mother, Claire, and <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author father, Ward, were the city's intellectual It couple. Ward's glamorous obligations often took him away from Isabelle, but Claire made sure her childhood was always filled with love. <p/>Now an adult, all Isabelle wants is to be a successful writer like her father but after many false starts and the unexpected death of her mother, she faces her upcoming thirty-fifth birthday alone and on the verge of a breakdown. Her anxiety only skyrockets when she uncovers some shocking truths about her parents and begins wondering if everything she knew about her family was all based on an elaborate lie. <p/>This "literary page-turner" (KJ Dell'Antonia, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author) is punctuated with fragments of a compulsively readable book-within-a-book about a woman determ