Jo Haraf

Love, Mom and Dad will transport you to a time and place that few of us have been fortunate enough to visit. Barton's mother and father were far from the typical Ozzie and Harriet family of the 1950s and 1960s. Mom and dad were singers and performers working in cabaret, burlesque, and drag shows from coast to coast. Barton grew up in the company of mom and dad's soon-to-be-famous friends including: Lenny Bruce, Tennessee Williams, Lord Buckley, Lynne Carter, Beverly Shaw, Lou Gottlieb, and Pat Morita of Karate Kid fame. Barton's sharp memories of drugs, show business, and psychedelic San Francisco in The Sixties will leave you breathless but without a morning-after hangover. Highly recommended!