![]() The characters, including the devious, impulsive protagonist, are consumed, complex, and vulnerable. ![]() Who Is Maud Dixon? is a character-driven, psychological thrill ride involving the young, ambitious Florence Darrow, who after landing her dream job as an assistant to a famous writer, has no qualms in seizing an opportunity when it presents itself and dabbling in a little identity and literary theft in her ceaseless pursuit to become a world-class, successful writer. Florence has never been out of the country before maybe, she imagines, she’ll finally have something exciting to write about herself.īut when Florence wakes up in the hospital after a terrible car crash, and Helen is dead, she begins to imagine what it might be like to ‘upgrade’ into not only Helen’s life, but also that of Helen’s bestselling pseudonym, Maud Dixon… ![]() She even invites Florence along on a research trip to Morocco, where her new novel is set. The arrangement feels idyllic Helen can be prickly, but she is full of pointed wisdom on both writing and living. When she stumbles into the opportunity to become the assistant to “Maud Dixon,” a celebrated-but anonymous-novelist (think: Elena Ferrante), she believes that the universe is finally providing her big chance. Florence Darrow is a small-town striver who believes that she’s destined to become a celebrated writer. ![]()
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