Finding Dorothy A Novel

L. Frank Baum, the author of one of the most popular children's series of all time, the Oz books. Maud Gage Baum, daughter of one of history's great activists for women's rights. Judy Garland, child actress making the motion picture that would create her reputation, the movie that has, it's thought, been seen by more people than any other movie, The Wizard of Oz.

Put these elements together and you can't help but having a compelling storyline. And it's all based on fact.

I learned lots about the people and stories that combined in L. Frank Baum's imagination to become the Oz stories, and it was fascinating to watch the making of the movie. Diverting.

“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 and meet up somewhere, and just for a moment, we taste the sublime.”