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Elliot-Kugell recounts both the saga of her famous mother, the Mamas & the Papas star Mama Cass Elliot (a.k.a. Ellen Cohen, 1941–74), and her own personal and professional life. She begins with Cass's upbringing in a middle-class New York Jewish household and her dream of Broadway stardom. The book charts the rise of Mama Cass's career amid the folk music boom of the 1960s. She performed with the bands the Big 3,...Log In or Sign Up to Read More