Nic is a successful ghost writer, making a decent living churning out best-selling autobiographies of celebrities and other notable figures. She's also a recovering alcoholic--three years sober and still tempted, every day, to open the bottle again.

Luckily she has distractions--this time in the form of Isobel DeWitt, an award-winning and well-loved actor in her prime, who has decided to release a tell-all autobiography. Nic finds her likeable, charming and fascinating...but also impossible to crack. Every draft sounds like just another magazine piece full of perfectly crafted sound...