TO CREATE. THAT'S WHAT GIANNA ALEXIE WANTED TO DO EVER SINCE SHE WAS A LITTLE. AT TWENTY-TWO, STILL LITTLE YET NOT-SO-YOUNG, THE WOMAN HAD ONE GOAL AS A NEWLY GRADUATE: CREATE A BOOK FOR THE WORLD TO LOVE. SHE KNEW SHE’D BE NEEDING HELP. HELP CAME IN THE FORM OF HER MENTOR, KEENAN TRAVINO: A MAN MORE THAN A DECADE HER SENIOR WITH THIN PATIENCE, A LOVE FOR CIGARETTES, A RELATIONSHIP WITH WHISKEY, AND AS MANY ISSUES AS THE CLEVER TRICKS UP HIS SLEEVES.