Marilyn

by Neil Sinyard

From the
She consorted with and was wooed by presidents, from America to Indonesia. As a co-star, she enraged then upstaged Sir Laurence Olivier. She married not one but two American legends in vastly different areas of endeavor; one of the country's greatest baseball heroes, Joe DiMaggio, and one of its foremost dramatists, Arthur Miller.

There could never be another Marilyn Monroe. This is her story.

Genres: Nonfiction

112 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1989

Reviews

[Amy Dale · Rating 5 out of 5]

Because of the coffee table book size and yet slimness of this volume I was expecting mostly just photo descriptions and a shallow beginner level look at Marilyn's career so I was very surprised to discover it's actually a very well written and quite thorough look at her life. The writing style really grabbed me and it was hard to put down. The author really brought out all of the strange paradoxes and mysteries of Marilyn's character and her experiences, she was such a strange mixture of seductive and womanly yet really a terrified, helpless child stuck in depression even though she was living her dreams.

This book also brings up the son she was said to have had and given up, I'm always intrigued by that, is there a man walking around somewhere with no clue that he's the son of the world's most famous bombshell? We'll never know.

Would be careful letting kids look through this as there's a full page nude of her included.

Really good book, tons of photos too.