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Click here to check out our year-long activities and celebrations. The book was a smashing success when it came out on January 21, , selling two million copies, sticking to the New York Times bestseller list for over two years, and making its author, whose real name was Edward Everett Tanner III May 18, — November 6, , a millionaire.

The story was reincarnated over and over again, as a stage play, a movie which premiered at Radio City Music Hall on December 4th, , a musical, and a musical movie. Today, Auntie Mame continues to be a sharp and savvy commentary on sex, gender, feminism, and society, led by its norm-defying namesake through the Roaring Twenties, the Depression, and World War II.

Patrick is fascinated by Auntie Mame and her lavish lifestyle, spending the duration of the book cherishing her as much as he ridicules her. Early in their meeting, Patrick writes:. But with all of her hectic, empty life, she still had plenty of time to devote to me. I was dragged along to most of the exhibitions, the shopping forays with her friend Vera, and to whatever functions Auntie Mame thought would be Suitable, Stimulating, or Enlightening for a child of ten.

That covered a wide range.