Lillian Hellman remains the most famed woman of American Letters. In 1978, aspiring young writer Rosemary Mahoney wrote her idol Hellman to inquire if she needed domestic help for the summer. In a tale of shattered illusions, Mahoney’s summer turned into an exercise in humiliation at the hands of the acerbic Hellman and her celebrated acquaintances. A Likely Story is a heartbreaking and very funny coming-of-age story of a brilliant and troubled young woman. | A Likely Story by Rosemary Mahoney, Paperback | Indigo Chapters