Publication Date - February 12, 2019
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I came into this book fairly blind. I knew it was about L. Frank Baum's wife and the making of the Wizard of Oz movie but it ended being about that and so much more. Maud Baum (born Gage) was the daughter of a patient shopkeeper and his Suffragette wife. Maud's mother, Matilda, was a force and taught her daughter to treasure education and independent thinking. When Maud meets Frank, an itinerant theater man, she drops out of Cornell and joins him on the road. This book alternates between Maud's early life and later, in her seventies, when she invades the set of the movie adaptation of her husband's book on a daily basis. While making sure that the movie-makers stay true to her husband's vision, she meets the talented yet lonely Judy Garland and devotes herself to protecting the young girl. This is one of those fictional accounts that has already forced tons of research on the Baums, Judy Garland, and The Wizard of Oz. It is beautifully written with stunning detail and an abundance of emotion. I can already pronounce at this early date that this will be a favorite of 2019. I received a digital ARC of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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