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| | Fictionwise eBooks: Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis |
 | | Part of Auntie Mame's considerable charm lies in its blithe irreverence toward potential family angst: Patrick never bemoans his orphanhood, and psychotherapy is properly viewed as a trend, along with Japanese floral arranging and bobbed hair. |
 | | Auntie Mame becomes a wicked child's fantasy parent: she's rich, foul-mouthed, and impossibly glamorous, like a rowdy, roller-skating Glinda, waving her wand to provide houseboys, satin sheets, and the occasional Rolls-Royce. |
 | | When Auntie Mame was first published in 1955, it became an immediate bestseller, even before the almost universally adoring reviews rolled in; the book must have seemed like an ideal tonic to the Donna Reed torpor of the era. |
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