L. Frank Baum's wife Maud visits the set of the film adaptation of her late husband's novel "The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz", hoping to keep the adaptation faithful to the spirit of the story. She forges a bond with Judy Garland, who reminds Maud of aspects of her own story. 2020 marks the centenary of Baum's passing, the fiftieth anniversary of Garland's and the eightieth anniversary of the release of the film.

Elizabeth Letts is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Eighty-Dollar Champion and The Perfect Horse, which won the 2017 PEN Center USA Literary Award
for research nonfiction, as well as two previous novels, Quality of Care and Family Planning. A former certified nurse-midwife, she also served in the Peace Corps in Morocco. She lives in Southern California and Northern Michigan.