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The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe - J. Randy Taraborrelli
The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe
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Beautiful, damaged, the ultimate sex symbol, publicly celebrated, privately unhappy - Marilyn Monroe's tumultuous life and untimely death continue to fascinate us. When Marilyn Monroe became famous in the 1950s, the world was told that her mother was either dead or simply not a part of her life.... show more
Beautiful, damaged, the ultimate sex symbol, publicly celebrated, privately unhappy - Marilyn Monroe's tumultuous life and untimely death continue to fascinate us.
When Marilyn Monroe became famous in the 1950s, the world was told that her mother was either dead or simply not a part of her life. However, that was not true. In fact, her mentally ill mother was very much present in Marilyn's world and the complex family dynamic that unfolded behind the scenes is a story that has never been told - until now. In this groundbreaking book Taraborrelli draws complex and sympathetic portraits of the women so influential in the actress' life, including her mother, her foster mother and her legal guardian. He also reveals, for the first time, the shocking scope of Marilyn's own mental illness, the identity of Marilyn's father and the half-brother she never knew, and new information about her relationship with the Kennedys - Bobby, Jack and Pat Lawford Kennedy.
Explosive, revelatory and surprisingly moving, this is the final word on the life of one of the most fascinating and elusive icons of the twentieth century.  

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Format: papier
ISBN: 9780330461351
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Pages no: 512
Edition language: English
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Lu (Sugar & Snark)
Lu (Sugar & Snark) rated it
5.0
This is one of the best biographies I have ever read (not that I have ready many), but I have no complaints. The author takes you on a journey through Marilyn’s life from beginning to after her death. He focuses on everything I wanted to know about: her mother, childhood, men in her life and the mov...
Kathryn Lively, Reader
Kathryn Lively, Reader rated it
3.0
The book appears to shatter or confirm a number of myths in the Monroe legend, particularly where the Kennedys are concerned. However, in reading this I didn't particularly glean anything new or earth-shattering about Monroe that I didn't already know from other sources. She lived, unfortunately, a ...
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