In this warm and candid memoir, filled with loving recollections from the award-winning Happy Days team -- from break-out star Henry Winkler to Cunningham “wild child” Erin Moran -- Ross shares what it was like to be a starry-eyed young girl with dreams in poor, rural Minnesota, and the resilience, sacrifices, and determination it took to make them come true. She recalls her early years in the business, being in the company of such luminaries as Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, and Noel Coward, yet always feeling the Hollywood outsider -- a painful invisibility that mirrored her own childhood. She reveals the absolute joys of playing a wife and mother on TV, and the struggles of maintaining those roles in real life. But among Ross’s most heart-rending recollections are those of finally finding a soulmate -- another secret hope of hers made true well beyond her expectations.
Funny, poignant, and revealing -- and featuring Garry Marshall’s final illuminating interview -- as well as a touching foreword from her “TV son” Ron Howard, and a conversation with her real-life son and daughter, Marion Ross’s story is one of inspiration, persistence, and gratitude. It’s also a glowing tribute to all those who fulfilled her dreams -- and in turn, gave us some of the happiest days of our own lives.
Read by Marion Ross, David Laurell, Ron Howard, Jim Meskimen, Don Most, Anson Williams, Scott Marshall, Gwen Behron, Scott Baio, Henry Winkler, and Maxine "Max" Andrews. 1 audio MP3 disc (11 hr., 7 min.) « less