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marilyn monroe
the facts of marilyn monroes life have been endlessly if tediously recorded in a great many books and studies the sheer number of which attests to her enduring fascination . yet somehow even when the facts appear to be right its all true but it isnt the truth as arthur miller says in after the fall . what is missing in the monroe books is any sense of the womans dynamic dramatic often contradictory character the thousands of trivial details never quite add up to a life . the narratives feels so flat because the main character does not act so much as she is acted upon . p this book is vivid serious and well researched . it tells the story in a whole new way . disregarding the hangers on the private investigators and fan club officials who seem to have cast a spel lover previous biographers barbara leaming has gone back to the primary sources and has researched marilyn monroes life from the beginning . she has had access to letters and documents including those of arthur miller john huston elia kazan laurance olivier and her psychiatrist ralph greenson and as a result her book is textured and unpredictable . strange to say for all that has been published on marilyn monroe hers is one of the few great hollywood stories that remain to be told .
paperback three rivers press ca 2000 isbn 0609805533
abridged n average customer rating 4 isbn 13 9780609805534 number of pages 464 publisher random house inc release date 951782400000