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With a wicked sense of humor and a born writer's perfect timing, Kate Lardner conjures up the Hollywood of the McCarthy era. In a kaleidoscopic and irresistible memoir, Lardner brings to life her jumbled childhood in a household of artistically talented, larger-than-life grown-ups. <br> <br> When Kate was not yet two, her father, David, was killed while on assignment for <i>The New Yorker</i> in war-torn Germany. Two years later her mother, the actress Frances Chaney, married David's brother--a marriage that endured for more than fifty years. Ring was already a successful screenwriter, having won an Oscar for cowriting the Katharine Hepburn-Spencer Tracy hit <i>Woman of the Year</i>; in 1971 he collected another one for M*A*S*H.<br> <br> Shortly thereafter, Ring was called to testify before the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Asked about his membership in Hollywood's Communist Party, Lardner said: "I could answer. . . . but if I did, I would hate myself in the morning." This much-publicized declaration of silence sent Lardner to prison. Subsequently neither he nor Frances could get work, which marked the beginning of Kate's blacklist childhood--and took the family from M

Author

Lardner, Kate

Publisher

Random House Pub. Group

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780345455147

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Memoir, Biography

Rating

2.7 / 5 (7 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14