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Book SynopsisDeftly interweaves Livingston's life with her observations of the artists, celebrities, and luminaries with whom she came in contact.
Table of ContentsBook I Introduction Rockland County, September 1950 The Beginning My Ancestors Growing Up in Milwaukee The Lake World War II Theatrical Dreams My First New York Adventure Paramount Pictures - The Beginning of a Career Sunset Boulevard Hollywood Marilyn Monroe Courtship The Dance Lee and Ira Gershwin The Dance Continues Marriage Frederick Lowe Rockland County Plane Crash Liza and Me John Wayne Starting Over Alan Lerner's Family and Growing Up Joe Lerner My Fair Lady Battle Cry Journey to Broadway Gigi The Music Stops Divorce Sidney Chaplin Emmet Hughes Nelson Rockefellar Life as a Single Parent Disney The Inauguration of JFK Mrs. Kemeny A Special Memory A Shocking Story A New Beginning A Christmas Gift Mary Mary A Rainbow Emerging My Second Wedding Book II Introduction Mr. and Mrs. Alan W. Livingston Moving A Sad Story My Second Husband Laurie and Peter and Alan Jay Life in a Whirlwind on Camden Drive Dad Capitol Records Nat Cole Up the Ladder Frank Sinatra NBC and Bonanza An Ex-Girlfriend and an Ex-Wife Judy Garland, Oscar Levant, and the 2000 Year Old Man Enlarging the Family and JFK The Beatles The Beatles in My Mother's Garden Christopher Another Beatle Party Russia Share Jennifer Jones The Band A Miracle The End of an Era MediaArts and Don McLean EST On Board at the Music Center A New Challenge Grace Kelly and the Heimlich Maneuver Natalie Wood My Mother A New Path for Alan Livingston An Escape New York Life Again An Unexpected Offer from Blue Ribbon Changing Traditions Four Weddings and Two Funerals LA Politics Nancy and Ronnie 25th Anniversary Chairman Another 25th Anniversary with Jack Lemmon, Gregory Peck, and Michael Feinstein Billy Wilder Tribute Andrew Lloyd Weber An Unforgettable Moment China Another Challenge for Alan Completion Expanding Our Family Again Goodbye La Dolce Vita Laura Family Updates Ending this Book Stories I Hesitate to Tell Ending this Book Again