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I pulled this out the other day - watching the movie and this version is my favorite - love Judy Garland - will post for The Man That Got Away.

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Finished this on my way home. I‘m not convinced of the necessity of the dual timeline. Most of the time was spent in the past — I‘d often forget that there was also a story being told about the filming of The Wizard of Oz.

I‘m headed home tomorrow, so I took one last walk by the river this evening. I‘m enjoying Finding Dorothy. #audiowalk

Just the perfect read for today. With a dual timeline, Letts gives us a peek into Frank and Maud‘s courtship, marriage, and family; then shows how Mrs. Baum, through visits to MGM and heart-to-heart talks with Judy Garland, influenced the movie and its magic during filming.

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“Magic isn‘t things materializing out of nowhere. Magic is when a lot of people all believe in the same thing at the same time, and somehow we all escape ourselves a little bit…”

I enjoyed this story about the making of The Wizard of Oz and the life of the author told through his wife.

This was a bookclub reread. I gave it 5* when it was released, but have more mixed feelings now. I‘ve read piles historical fiction since then and have become critical of the naïveté authors sometimes write into historical figures. Maud Gage had a fascinating upbringing with her suffragette mother and subsequent marriage to L Frank and I believe her to be more sophisticated than she was portrayed here. ↓

Very wholesome, it inspired me to read the original Wizard of Oz book and have an Oz movie marathon with my son. Hoping to go see wicked too as a finale to the Oz adventure. 💕

Very informative and touching.
Poor Judy had one hell of a life, she's underrated as both a person and an actress, I need to find her other movies

This was a most interesting read. You not only learn about the behind the scenes filming of the Wizard of Oz, but also the life and times of the author of the Oz books as seen through the eyes of his wife, Maud, daughter of the famous suffragist, Matilda Joslyn Gage.