The creator of the musical Once Upon a Mattress, Mary Rodgers (1931-2014) was also the author of the novel Freaky Friday and chairman of the Juilliard School. As the daughter of composer Richard Rodgers, Mary was always in danger of being overshadowed, and as a woman in a male-dominated entertainment world, she had to work twice as hard to get by. In this memoir, Mary reflects on writing for Rin Tin Tin, dating Hal Prince, and falling for Stephen Sondheim over a game of chess, as she grabbed every chance possible—and then some.