I wasn’t sure if it was really the kind of book that I would enjoy, but Goodreads kept recommending it to me so I decided I’d at least give it a try. Mike is a classical example of the saying “Don’t judge a book by it’s cover.” Not that it’s an ugly cover, it’s just not very captivating. Well, one of the books that Goodreads recommended to me a few years ago was Mrs. I love using Goodreads, a website where you can catalog the books you’ve read, rate and review them, read other people’s reviews and find new books that are recommended for you. The year he turned 91, Freedman published “Rescuing the Future,” a tome of political philosophy that he considered his major lifework, his family said.I don’t often read a novel twice but there are some that are worth it. He joined Occidental’s mathematics department that same year and for several years ran the school’s general studies program.Īfter retiring in 1995, he moved from Malibu to Greenbrae, Calif., with his wife to be near family.
In his late 40s, he enrolled at UCLA to pursue his lifelong goal of becoming a mathematician, earning a bachelor’s in 1968 and a doctorate in 1970. His final credits were for the 1960s show “My Favorite Martian.” Nancy, who also penned novels on her own, died at 90 in 2010.ĭuring World War II, Freedman was a stress analyst for Hughes Aircraft and later regularly wrote for television. When they married in 1941, she was not expected to live long due to a weak heart. He was soon writing comedy for radio personalities such as Red Skelton.īy 1940, Freedman was a writer at MGM Studios when he met Nancy, an aspiring actress. 19, 1919, in New York City, to David Freedman, a writer for radio and Broadway, and his wife, Beatrice, a violinist.Īt 13, Benedict enrolled at Columbia University after skipping several grades but dropped out at 16 to help support his family when his father died. The couple’s other books include the romance “This and No More” (1950), the show-business novel “Lootville” (1957), and one of their favorites, “The Apprentice Bastard” (1966), a story about a man at an ethical crossroads.įreedman was born Dec.
Mike” book an “unforgettable story,” while a 1950 New York Times review of the film said the “affecting novel” had been turned into an “exhilarating” movie. In 1947, the Los Angeles Times called the “Mrs.
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