How did Beth feel about the book?
Beth doesn’t tend to think abstractly, so initially the book wasn’t real to her until I put a copy in her hands. Then she felt a great sense of pride. She read the book right away (the first non-picture book she had ever read), and then re-read it to Jesse. She set up a book signing for me in the drivers’ room. She carried the book around for months, drawing pictures on the Table of Contents, showing it to everyone she met, and memorizing the pages about Jesse – and Donny Osmond. If she met you, she’d ask if you’d read it.
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- How did you feel when Scorsese and DiCaprio were interested in turning the book into a film?
- How did Beth feel about the movie being made? Was she excited about the process?
