pride. My baby sister is going to be a published author. “That’s amazing! I don’t even know what I’m supposed to ask. What’s the book about?” “The pitch was Gone Girl meets Fifty Shades. But at its core, it’s a story about these two sisters—” This sounds an alarm bell. Over the years, Charlotte has written many a roman à clef, including family and friends among her thinly veiled characters. When pressed about the similarities to real people and events, she’s always leaned on the standard disclaimer: “Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.” Despite that, the
