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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewBeautifully written * Christopher Bray, Mail on Sunday *
So revolutionary - and so urgently needed...a healthy corrective to preordained, punitive accounts of her life. * Tim Robey, The Telegraph *
Eye-opening and always engaging... Barrios has fashioned a wonderful biography of Marilyn Monroe. * Leah K. Huey, Library Journal *
This eloquent and thoughtful book focuses on Marilyn Monroe's work - yes, her work, not her private life and not her mysterious death...With its mouthwatering prose, this book achieves the desired effect of luring us back to Monroe's films, the good and the bad. * Ysenda Maxtone Graham, The Times *
...beautifully written ...critical biography [that] takes its subject very seriously indeed. * The Mail on Sunday *
Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter One: A Life in Days Chapter Two: Apprenticeships Chapter Three: Breakthroughs Chapter Four: The Fox Blonde Chapter Five: Seriously Chapter Six: Detonating Chapter Seven: Tiffany's Chapter Eight: Due Diligence Chapter Nine: No Name Required Chapter Ten: Course Correction Chapter Eleven: A Sense of Self Chapter Twelve: Wait for Sugar Chapter Thirteen: Off Broadway Chapter Fourteen: The Desert Chapter Fifteen: Full Stop Chapter Sixteen: Legacies Epilogue Filmography Annotated Discography Television And Miscellaneous Selected Annotated Bibliography
