āAristotle āArisā Thibodeau, age 12.5, is writing the Great American Novel. According to Write a Novel in Thirty Days! it shouldnāt be that hardāall she needs to do is write what she knows. Conveniently, Arisās world is full of people who are more fun to write about than live with, like her single mother, Diane. Diane is an adjunct English professor who flirts with unemployment more than her Match.com dates, and, regrettably, does not know the difference between hair that looks messy and hair that is messy. Aris knows that if Diane would just accept that the perfect man is already under her noseāPenn MacGuffin, handyman, nanny, and self-described PMI (āPositive Male Influenceā)ātheir lives would change for the better. After all, nothing gets a novel off the ground like a budding romance. But when a random accident exposes Aris to a dark part of her familyās history, sheās forced to confront that fact that sometimes in lifeāas in great literatureāthings might not work out exactly as you hoped.ā-Goodreads