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Day at a Time is in a SECOND EDITION. This signature book, which has sold thousands of copies, is now recognized as the one personal story of Doris Day as she lived her life as an assistant who lived in the star’s home.
Interviews and positive stories abound from the first edition for author Mary Anne Barothy. Closer Magazine, Internet Radio, BBC TV and ABC Australia along with Turner Classic Movies recognition have all helped mark this story as definitive, the loving story of a fan who was hired to help Doris at the time of her TV show and beyond. Monitoring fans, visiting with the star’s famous friends, tending dogs and even cooking were part of the routine. It’s the one story of a gracious Doris at home by a helper who was an admirer of “The Girl Next Door.”
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Janet Horton was one of the first women chaplains in the US military. Men in the armed forces were not easily accepting women in the days of challenge and change in the 1970s. Some officers and enlisted men, even among the chaplaincy, refused to respect women chaplains. Both officers and men sometimes mocked, demeaned and threatened Horton in her work.
Here’s Brian: In the last blog I covered the background of how I grew interested in history and how that evolved into a writing career as well as an archivist. I write on all kinds of subjects. One of my
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