{"product_id":"9781399718516-shy","title":"Shy","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers\u003cbr\u003eThe wonderfully funny, candid and outrageous NYT bestselling memoirs of Mary Rodgers - writer, composer, Broadway royalty, and 'a woman who tried everything.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Mary careens across these pages with her usual wit, wisdom and honesty' - \u003ci\u003eJulie Andrews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eHaving had the pleasure of meeting Mary Rodgers personally its so wonderful to read her story in her own words . I couldn't put it down' - \u003ci\u003eElaine Page\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'[A] thoughtful chronicle of one woman's journey through experience to understanding - and a lot of fun to read' - \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Pure pleasure . jaw-droppingly shocking' - Daniel Okrent, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Mary Rodgers's book has a humour and honesty that is very rare in entertainment memoirs'. - \u003ci\u003eSir Tim Rice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe wonderfully funny, candid and outrageous NYT bestselling memoirs of Mary Rodgers - writer, composer, Broadway royalty, and 'a woman who tried everything.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMary Rodgers was the daughter of Richard Rodgers, who, with Oscar Hammerstein, wrote some of the biggest musicals of the 20th century-from \u003ci\u003eOklahoma!\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCarousel\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eSouth Pacific\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe King and I\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eShy\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of how Mary went from angry child, constrained by a self-absorbed mother and her father's overwhelming gift, to finally living life on her own terms-falling in love, often unwisely, marrying twice, having six children, and forging a career of her own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough her long and rich life Mary grabbed every chance possible-and then some. Her musical \u003ci\u003eOnce Upon A Mattress\u003c\/i\u003e remains one of the rare revivable Broadway hits written by a woman. She was the renowned author of the much-loved \u003ci\u003eFreaky Friday\u003c\/i\u003e books, as well as a close friend and collaborator of Stephen Sondheim, falling in love with him at 13 over a game of chess. She also dated producer Hal Prince and worked alongside composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith copious annotations, contradictions, and interruptions from Mary's collaborator Jesse Green, the chief theatre critic of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the result is laugh-out-loud funny and frequently moving.  Above all, \u003ci\u003eShy\u003c\/i\u003e is a chance to sit at the feet of the kind of woman they don't make any more. They make \u003ci\u003ethemselves\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40650953654369,"sku":"9781399718516","price":24.94,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/products\/stand_9274743_jpg.jpg?v=1710334741","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781399718516-shy","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}