Finding Dorothy: A Novel

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To get her to be able to lead and to get an audience to be able to trust her was the hardest thing to do. Prior to reading this book I hadn’t really known anything about the author who wrote The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, so I really enjoyed this fascinating account of his life, in which we see the power of imagination and storytelling, and where the inspiration for something wonderful was found. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. This weighed on my mind while I read portions of this book, describing the abuse Judy was subjected to during the filming of the movie. Disney's acquisition of Pixar in early 2006 led to the cancellation of Circle Seven's version of the film.The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. I often enjoy historical fiction so was looking forward to reading this story which transports the reader back to 1930’s Hollywood, where Maud learns that M.

She was 77 year old Maud Baum, determined they were not going to make a movie of her husband’s book without her on set. I’m so pleased this was the dominant timeline in the novel because it made for such captivating reading. But in the book she tries to protect and nurture Garland, who was at the mercy of her abusive stage mother and the filmmakers and was apparently fed amphetamines to keep her weight down. This made it the top western release of the weekend and the biggest foreign opening-weekend in the country of that year.This is a great fit for readers of Christina Baker Kline and Lisa Wingate, and will surely be a popular choice for book clubs. Norwegian novelist Jacobsen folds a quietly powerful coming-of-age story into a rendition of daily life on one of Norway’s rural islands a hundred years ago in a novel that was shortlisted for the 2017 Man Booker International Prize.