the story

What the book is about

Mallory Maddox wrote one massive bestseller. That was seven years ago, and she hasn't written anything since.

Desperate for a comeback, she decides publishing wants something sad and gay — and finds it in Leo, a homeless twenty-something poet struggling with addiction. Posing as someone who wants to help, Mallory works her way into his life and quietly turns his trauma into her new manuscript. As her own life starts to fracture, Leo begins to figure out what she's been doing. A dark, satirical thriller about exploitation and who gets to tell someone else's story — one for the Yellowface fans.

We'll be talking this one over at the September meetup and on Fable.