My Stagedoor Family is a woman's tribute to her celebrated grandparents, Jack and Jean Mann. In this brilliantly crafted collection of personal and familial accounts, Ms. Mann blends the history of her grandfather's pioneering work in theatrical sound design with the story of her family's New England summer cottage, Stagedoor, built during the Great Depression. The reader will experience an immediate sense of affection for this story as Ms. Mann writes of her emotional connection to the cottage and the appreciation she holds for her grandparents and the rest of her Stagedoor family.