Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers

by Jesse Green, Mary Rodgers Guettel, Mary Rodgers

Book Overview

The memoirs of Mary Rodgers--writer, composer, Broadway royalty, and "a woman who tried everything."

"What am I, bologna?" Mary Rodgers (1931-2014) often said. She was referring to being stuck in the middle of a talent sandwich: the daughter of one composer and the mother of another. And not just any composers. Her father was Richard Rodgers, perhaps the greatest American melodist; her son, Adam Guettel, a worthy successor. What that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374298629
• ISBN13: 9780374298623
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.2"