December 9, 2008
Meet Author Mary Anne Barothy @ Robin’s Bookstore
If you’re a fan of movie stars from the glam era of Hollywood, Robin’s Books is hosting an event with your name all over it. On December 11th, at 6PM, Mary Anne Barothy will be signing autographs and reading from her book, Day at a Time: An Indiana Girl’s Sentimental Journey to Doris Day’s Hollywood and Beyond.
The memoir chronicles Barothy’s life after traveling from her home in Indiana to Hollywood, where she landed a dream job working as a personal secretary to her idol, Doris Day. For several years in the 1970′s, Barothy lived in Day’s home and worked side-by-side with her during a turbulent time for the actress. According to the editor’s synopisis of the book: “she lost her first husband, Marty Melcher; her son was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident; she was fighting to regain the fortune that had been lost by an unscrupulous agent; and she was completing her TV series.”
In 2005, Doris Day was rated the 24th most popular film actress of all time by Premiere Magazine and there have been five books published about her in the last two years.
Mary Anne Barothy Reading
December 11th, 2008, 6pm
Robin’s Books
108 S. 13th St., Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215) 735-9600
www.robinsbookstore.com
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December 9, 2008, 10:00 am
A Doris fan says:
I love Doris Day and am looking forward to this talk. What a dream job! I hope she has a lot of anecdotes and other things to share.
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