Chasing the Beatles: For Grown-up Girls Who Remember

by Randi Barrow

Annie Street resurrects a manuscript she wrote in 1964 called Chasing the Beatles. It is filled with the crazy ideas, schemes, and adventures she and her cousin Bridget O'Malley shared that year to get a pair of those impossible-to-get tickets to the Beatles concert at the Hollywood Bowl. She is sure that reading the manuscript, and remembering those days, will give Bridget the hope, joy, and faith she needs at this moment in her life.

Chasing the Beatles captures the excitement and exuberance of Beatlemania at its height, and recalls perfectly those more innocent times and desires. The girls battle parents, rogue nuns, boys, institutions, and more, to be blessed in the end by surprising events, and impossible dreams come true. Chasing the Beatles touches heart and soul, and reminds us of the power and magic of music.

Take a joyful trip back to the time when the Beatles first captured our hearts, and changed our lives forever.

196 pages, Paperback

First published March 5, 2014

About the author

I started my working life as an adoption attorney. After twenty years I was able to begin writing full time. My first two books were historical fiction for middle grade kids. I've expanded into adult fiction with Chasing the Beatles. It was great fun to write, and I'm thrilled with the response I'm getting from readers. My love of music, and the Beatles in particular, helped inspire this book. And it hasn't hurt to be married to Arthur Barrow, a musician and composer, who has brought so much music into my life.