SUSIE…AIN’T SHE A DOOZIE? MY HAZEL DAYS AND BEYOND (HARDCOVER EDITION) by Julia Benjamin

SUSIE…AIN’T SHE A DOOZIE? MY HAZEL DAYS AND BEYOND (HARDCOVER) ISBN  9781629330785 The captivating autobiography of a child star surviving the glare of spotlights to emerge into the real world of casting challenges, career downturns, and dramatic personal upheavals. Julia Benjamin is best-remembered as a child actress in the role of Susie Baxter on Hazel (1961-1966) with Emmy Award-winning Shirley Booth. Julia also appeared in My Three Sons (1967-1969), Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones (1971), The Jordan Chance (1978), The Rockford Files (1978), and Riptide (1984). She intimately knew icons of show business, such as James Garner, Desi Arnaz, Jr., Bobby Buntrock, Fred Macmurray, and Tony Franciosa, yet few of them realized the shaky pedestal on which she stood as she approached her thirties: an out of wedlock pregnancy and subsequent turbulent marriage that set the stage for a horrific personal event that nearly killed her.  Julia’s story of laughter and joy drowned by tumult and tears evolv