A Likely Story

Leigh Abramson

The 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.

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 society hostess mother, Claire, and New York Times–bestselling author father, Ward, were the city’s intellectual It couple. But when, as an adult, Isabelle uncovers shocking truths about her parents, she begins to wonder whether everything she knew about her family was based on an elaborate lie.