Who’s your hero? What television show did you binge-watch, even before “binge-watching” was part of our vernacular? For Julie Marie Wade, the hero is Mary Tyler Moore, the television show the Mary Tyler Moore Show. From its premiere on Nick at Nite in 1992 until the death of its eponymous lead actress in 2017, this book follows a girl from her prepubescent years through her tenure at a university—a journey modeled in surprising, tender, and humorous ways on Mary’s own.