From the premiere of The Mary Tyler Moore Show in 1992 until the death of its eponymous lead actress in 2017, this nonfiction novella follows our protagonist from her pre-teen years through tenure at an academic institution-a journey modeled in surprising, tender, and humorous ways on Mary's own journey, to the WJM newsroom and beyond.
The Mary Years is a nonfiction novella that chronicles one young woman's quarter-century love affair with The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Part bildungsroman and part televisual ekphrasis, this is the story of Mary Richards re-seen through the eyes of Julie Marie Wade.