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"Fragments "is an event--an unforgettable book that will redefine
one of the greatest icons of the twentieth century and that, nearly
fifty years after her death, will definitively reveal Marilyn
Monroe's humanity.
Marilyn's image is so universal that we can't help but believe we
know all there is to know of her. Every word and gesture made
headlines and garnered controversy. Her serious gifts as an actor
were sometimes eclipsed by her notoriety--and by the way the camera
fell helplessly in love with her.
Beyond the headlines--and the too-familiar stories of heartbreak
and desolation--was a woman far more curious, searching, witty, and
hopeful than the one the world got to know. Now, for the first
time, readers can meet the private Marilyn and understand her in a
way we never have before. "Fragments "is an unprecedented
collection of written artifacts--notes to herself, letters, even
poems--in Marilyn's own handwriting, never before published, along
with rarely seen intimate photos.
Jotted in notebooks, typed on paper, or written on hotel
letterhead, these texts reveal a woman who loved deeply and strove
to perfect her craft. They show a Marilyn Monroe unsparing in her
analysis of her own life, but also playful, funny, and impossibly
charming. The easy grace and deceptive lightness that made her
performances indelible emerge on the page, as does the simmering
tragedy that made her last appearances so affecting.
Historical events of the last three centuries come alive through
these women's singular correspondences--often their only form of
public expression. In 1775, Rachel Revere tries to send financial
aid to her husband, Paul, in a note that is confiscated by the
British; First Lady Dolley Madison tells her sister about rescuing
George Washington's portrait during the War of 1812; one week after
JFK's assassination, Jacqueline Kennedy pens a heartfelt letter to
Nikita Khrushchev; and on September 12, 2001, a schoolgirl writes a
note of thanks to a
New York City firefighter, asking him, "Were you afraid?"
The letters gathered here also offer fresh insight into the
personal milestones in women's lives. Here is a
mid-nineteenth-century missionary describing a mastectomy performed
without anesthesia; Marilyn Monroe asking her doctor to spare her
ovaries in a handwritten note she taped to her stomach before
appendix surgery; an eighteen-year-old telling her mother about her
decision to have an abortion the year after Roe v. Wade; and a
woman writing to her parents and in-laws about adopting a Chinese
baby.
With more than 400 letters and over 100 stunning photographs,
Women's Letters is a work of astonishing breadth and scope, and a
remarkable testament to the women who lived-and made-history.
"From the Hardcover edition."
Written at the height of her fame but not published until over a
decade after her death, this autobiography of actress and sex
symbol Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962) poignantly recounts her childhood
as an unwanted orphan, her early adolescence, her rise in the film
industry from bit player to celebrity, and her marriage to Joe
DiMaggio. In this intimate account of a very public life, she tells
of her first (non-consensual) sexual experience, her romance with
the Yankee Clipper, and her prescient vision of herself as "the
kind of girl they found dead in the hall bedroom with an empty
bottle of sleeping pills in her hand." The Marilyn in these pages
is a revelation: a gifted, intelligent, vulnerable woman who was
far more complex than the unwitting sex siren she portrayed on
screen. Lavishly illustrated with photos of Marilyn, this special
book celebrates the life and career of an American icon -from the
unique perspective of the icon herself."
Marilyn Monroe: The FBI Files contains the actual original and
declassified criminal investigation files related to Marilyn
Monroe, aka Norma Jean Baker, contains published information
concerning her alleged affairs and circumstances surrounding her
death. This publication is being published and made available now
for the first time in a paperback book edition for those interested
in the history of the life of Marilyn Monroe and also for those who
enjoy reading about this important American actress.
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