You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby

With intelligence, humor and honesty, Dorothy Gould shares her life’s journey in her memoir, You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby. Growing up in Ventura during the Depression and World War II, Dorothy depicts small-town life on the California coast.

Taking a leap of faith she marries Joe Gould, a “city slicker” and moves to Los Angeles where she becomes a community activist, Jewish communal leader, devoted mother and helpmate to her businessman husband. Despite the challenges that 84 years of living inevitably bring, Dorothy enthusiastically claims that “The world has been my oyster.”