Overview
āA breathtaking read that will transport you over the rainbow and into the heart of one of Americaās most enduring fairy tales.āāLisa Wingate, author ofĀ Before We Were Yours
Hollywood, 1938: As soon as she learns that M-G-M is adapting her late husbandās masterpiece for the screen, seventy-seven-year-old Maud Gage Baum sets about trying to finagle her way onto the set. Nineteen years after Frankās passing, Maud is the only person who can help the producers stay true to the spirit of the bookābecause sheās the only one left who knows its secrets.
But the moment she hears Judy Garland rehearsing the first notes of āOver the Rainbow,ā Maud recognizes the yearning that defined her own life story, from her youth as a suffragetteās daughter to her coming of age as one of the first women in the Ivy League, from her blossoming romance with Frank to the hardscrabble prairie years that inspiredĀ The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Judy reminds Maud of a youngĀ girl she cared for and tried to help in South Dakota, a dreamer who never got her happy ending. Now, with the young actress under pressure from the studio as well as her ambitious stage mother, Maud resolves to protect herāthe way she tried so hard to protect the real Dorothy.
The author of two New York Times bestselling nonfiction books, The Eighty-Dollar Champion and The Perfect Horse, Elizabeth Letts is a master at discovering and researching a rich historical story and transforming it into a page-turner. Finding Dorothy is the result of Lettsās journey into the amazing lives of Frank and Maud Baum. Written as fiction but based closely on the truth, Elizabeth Lettsās new book tells a story of love, loss, inspiration, and perseverance, set in Americaās heartland.
Praise for Finding Dorothy
āIn some ways reminiscent of Jerry Stahlās excellentĀ I, Fatty,Ā LettsāĀ Finding DorothyĀ combines exhaustive research with expansive imagination, blending history and speculation intoĀ a seamless tapestry. . . .Ā Itās a testament to Lettsā skill that she can capture on the page, without benefit of audio, that same emotion we have all felt sometime over the last 80 years while listening to āOver the Rainbow.āāāBookPageĀ (starred review)
This book title, Finding Dorothy (A Novel) - 9780525622116, ISBN: 9780525622116, by Elizabeth Letts, published by Random House Publishing Group (December 3, 2019) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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