Why is Louise so special to you, @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com ? I mean besides all the obvious things. Are there special memories, performances, you connect with?
I loved her book of essays. I'd never heard of her and then I was sent a copy of Lulu On Hollywood, and I fell in love with the writing. Then i discovered what she had looked like, which was like she existed now.
In a weird bit of coincidence, my mother was born in Cherryvale, KS about 20yr later.
The actress Vivian Vance was born there about the same time a Brooks (in 1909).
A lyrics of a song I learned from Sesame Street, of all places: “You can tell the mailman not to call/ I won’t be back home til early fall/ If in fact I get back home at all!/ Lulu’s back in town!”