Finding Marilyn: A Romance

by David Conover

The photographer who first discovered Marilyn Monroe provides new perspectives on the actress's life, career, and death, discussing her deepest thoughts about all the conflicts in her life

Hardcover

Published January 1, 1981

Reviews

[Flora · Rating 2 out of 5]

By the man who "discovered" Marilyn Monroe working in an airplane factory and shot pictures of her on-site that ultimately landed her her first modelling contract. That's all well and good, but Conover claims to have been close to Marilyn for the rest of her life, and his accounts of their sporadic meetings are simply not credible. I first read this when I was ten, having found it in the bargain bin at Walgreen's, and still nurture a certain fondness for it, as one of my earliest trash-lit favorites.

[Andrea · Rating 3 out of 5]

Having known David Conover as a child and seeing his first photos of Marilyn Monroe, I was intrigued with his stories of his relationship with her. However, since his death I have discovered that his story in this book was implausible.