"I'm not interested in money, I just want to be wonderful". Nearly four decades after her death Marilyn Monroe is still more famous than most living movie stars. And yet why does she continue to fascinate us? Together with the last photographs ever taken of Marilyn Monroe - just three weeks before she died - this searching biography reveals the woman behind the icon, the hurt child beneath the stunning facade.
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Nearly four decades after her death Marilyn Monroe is still more famous than most living movie stars. Together with the last photographs ever taken of Marilyn Monroe - just three weeks before she died - this biography reveals the woman behind the icon, the hurt child beneath the stunning facade.
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Product details

ISBN
9780575403338
Published
2002-01-11
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co; Orion mass market paperback
Height
198 mm
Width
129 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
208

Biographical note

SALES POINTSAn imaginative mix of subject and author, this biography is widely - and rightly - regarded as a true classicGloria Steinem is a first-class journalist and author well-known for her feminist views, and her biography ofMarilyn Monroe is both provocative and fascinatingGeorge Barris' photographswere the last ever taken of Marilyn, as he was collaborating with her on an illustrated biography at the time of her death 'A personal book, an act of retrospective support . . . strong and trenchant' Julian Barnes, Observer'ShowsMarilyn Monroe to be more than just a burnt-out blonde' Nigella Lawson, Sunda