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1. I have some original Wizard of Oz books from the early 1900s. Earliest is 1903.
2. The Wizard of Oz stories are still filled with fantasy and perfect for children.
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pickFinished 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
pickJust 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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pick“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.
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I didn‘t really like this book when I read it as a teenager, but I actually quite enjoyed it this time around. I still like the movie better, though.
pickThis 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. ↓
