Gail Bean

Charlie Ellison is a formerly famous writer suffering from writer’s block. His best friend and agent, Bernie, is being stalked by the publisher, the IRS, loan sharks and his wife as an advance on a future book was given and spent long ago. In an effort to get a first draft, Bernie sends a belligerent young woman, Dawn, to inspire and check on Charlie. But she has ideas of her own.

An inner-city high school teacher discovers she is pregnant at the same time as one of her most promising students and the two develop an unlikely friendship while struggling to navigate their unexpected pregnancies.

Logline: An inner-city high school teacher discovers she is pregnant at the same time as one of her most promising students and the two develop an unlikely friendship while struggling to navigate their unexpected pregnancies.