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David Kaufman has now written the long-awaited, definitive biography of Doris Day. By telling Day’s incredible, previously untold story, Kaufman takes the reader to the epicenter of American popular culture— a roller-coaster saga, from the 1940s to the 1980s. While Day symbolized virtuous America to the rest of the world—especially in her heyday, the 1950s and early 1960s—both she and that era are still perceived as being far more innocent and carefree than they really were. Indeed, what makes Day’s story so richly fascinating is the fact that she was in many ways the opposite of her image as “the girl next door.” She was also a real-life Cinderella who regretted having gone to the ball and who found a series of princes who proved far less than charming.

The New York Times praised David Kaufman’s first book, Ridiculous: The Theatrical Life and Times of Charles Ludlam,as “informed and passionate.” Kaufman, a long-time theater critic and contributor toThe New York Times, The Nation, and Vanity Fair, lives in New Y ork City.