Michelle Moran
Maria Paperback Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER Maria von Trapp. You know the name and the iconic songs, but do you know her real story? This dramatic novel, based on the woman glamorized in The Sound of Music, brings Maria to life as never before.As immersive, heartbreaking, and ultimately redemptive as the musical . . . This one is not to be missed.Allison Pataki,author of Finding Margaret FullerIn the 1950s, Oscar Hammerstein is asked to write the lyrics to a musical based on the life of a woman named Maria von Trapp. Hes intrigued to learn that she was once a novice who hoped to live quietly as an Austrian nun before her abbey sent her away to teach a widowed barons sickly child. What should have been a tenmonth assignment, however, unexpectedly turned into a marriage proposal. And when the family was forced to flee their home to escape the Nazis, it was Maria who instructed them on how to survive using nothing but the power of their voices.Its an inspirational story, to be sure, and as half of the famous Rodgers & Hammerstein duo, Hammerstein knows it has big Broadway potential. Yet much of Marias life will have to be reinvented for the stage, and with the horrors of war still fresh in peoples minds, Hammerstein cant let audiences see just how close the von Trapps came to losing their lives.But when Maria sees the script that is supposedly based on her life, she becomes so incensed that she sets off to confront Hammerstein in person. Told that hes busy, she is asked to express her concerns to...
Binding: Paperback;336 pages; Publisher: Random House USA Inc; Classification: FV; Weight: 354 g; Dimensions: 203 x 132 x 20
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER Maria von Trapp. You know the name and the iconic songs, but do you know her real story? This dramatic novel, based on the woman glamorized in The Sound of Music, brings Maria to life as never before.As immersive, heartbreaking, and ultimately redemptive as the musical . . . This one is not to be missed.Allison Pataki,author of Finding Margaret FullerIn the 1950s, Oscar Hammerstein is asked to write the lyrics to a musical based on the life of a woman named Maria von Trapp. Hes intrigued to learn that she was once a novice who hoped to live quietly as an Austrian nun before her abbey sent her away to teach a widowed barons sickly child. What should have been a tenmonth assignment, however, unexpectedly turned into a marriage proposal. And when the family was forced to flee their home to escape the Nazis, it was Maria who instructed them on how to survive using nothing but the power of their voices.Its an inspirational story, to be sure, and as half of the famous Rodgers & Hammerstein duo, Hammerstein knows it has big Broadway potential. Yet much of Marias life will have to be reinvented for the stage, and with the horrors of war still fresh in peoples minds, Hammerstein cant let audiences see just how close the von Trapps came to losing their lives.But when Maria sees the script that is supposedly based on her life, she becomes so incensed that she sets off to confront Hammerstein in person. Told that hes busy, she is asked to express her concerns to...
Binding: Paperback;336 pages; Publisher: Random House USA Inc; Classification: FV; Weight: 354 g; Dimensions: 203 x 132 x 20
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Items of footwear and/or clothing must be unworn and unwashed with the original labels attached. Also, footwear must be tried on indoors. Items of homeware including bedlinen, mattresses, and toppers, and pillows must be unused and in their original unopened packaging. This does not affect your statutory rights.
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Michelle Moran
Maria Paperback Book
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