false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537146m/187060.jpg 187060 12 Wildly successful when it was first published in 1955, Patrick Dennis&#8217; <b>Auntie Mame</b> sold over two million copies and stayed put on the <i>New York Times</i> bestseller list for 112 weeks. It was made into a play, a Broadway as well as a Hollywood musical, and a fabulous movie starring Rosalind Russell. Since then, Mame has taken her rightful place in the pantheon of Great and Important People as the world&#8217;s most beloved, madcap, devastatingly sophisticated, and glamorous aunt. She is impossible to resist, and this hilarious story of an orphaned ten-year-old boy sent to live with his aunt is as delicious a read in the twenty-first century as it was in the 1950s. 2248207 1954 Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade total:869|5:366|4:330|3:148|2:21|1:4| 869 3640 1138 162 5 1 false false Sat May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 20 16:50:44 -0700 2008 Sun May 25 09:18:57 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Mar 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 14:59:34 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 14:59:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 12 21:07:12 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 21:17:14 -0800 2009
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Overall, great book, fun read. Mame is such a fun character, you ache for her bad luck, but it makes it all the sweeter when th...more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Dec 06 14:21:49 -0800 2008 Sun Oct 11 13:31:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 01 11:42:34 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 01 22:20:43 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jun 26 16:25:29 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 16:32:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Aug 26 11:01:39 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 11:05:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Nov 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 08:29:06 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 11:44:34 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1980 Fri Apr 03 08:59:42 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 09:04:49 -0700 2009
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A fabulous book and for that matter, a fabulous movie (starring Rosalind Russel)--which is how I eventually found my way to the book.

Patrick Dennis wrote several books, a couple following the exploits of Auntie Mame, all were bestsellers during the 50's.
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