Summary
Maude Gage Baum, wife of the late author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, learns his book is being made into a film in 1939 and fights to be allowed on set. In alternate chapters, Maude's life as a suffragette, her days at Cornell University and her marriage to L. Frank Baum is traced through their hardscrabble life in late 19th-century middle America.
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Critique
This marvelous historical novel is a seamless blend of well-researched facts and imagination. It's filled with big ideas about the power of make-believe and staying true to your dreams. In this absorbing read, both Oz and Maude Baum come to life.
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