Helaina Merrill is twenty years old and living a situation that would make anyone's head spin. She shares a small apartment and a nearly empty refrigerator—except for the hot drinks—with two friends in Manhattan, where she attends film school. Life there is hard: any cup of coffee can break the bank, and everyone struggles to stand out in their field. However, several miles away, in Colorado, lives Helaina's father, Gary Denner, a highly successful businessman—as rich as Bill Gates and as inaccessible as the Pope—with whom she has never had a good relationship. In short, Helaina leads a veritable double life. But her destiny takes an unexpected turn when, with no intention of getting involved in the business world (good grief!), she decides to use her vacation to try to reconnect with her father. And so begins the hilarious Girls Who Gossip, by Theresa Alan, a novel written by a girl for girls.