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Since her death, Marilyn Monroe has been the subject of some 600 books, all of which claim to uncover the 'real Marilyn'. But the biographies can't agree on many of the most sensational details of the life of the twentieth century's most famous woman. Rather than promising another 'definitive life', Sarah Churchwell's book looks at the writing of Marilyn Monroe's many life stories, comparing the competing versions of some of the key moments in her life including: her father's identity, her mother's mental problems, her alleged childhood molestation, her teenage marriage, stories of prostitution and the casting couch, her own psychological problems, her marriages to two other legends, her difficulties on the set and with directors, her affairs with one or both of the Kennedy brothers, and of course the highly charged debates about her death. Churchwell looks at how these stories have continued to trivialize a woman we supposedly 'worship', and explains what the stories reveal about our attitudes to sex symbols and icons, to women, sex, and death, to biography as an enterprise and to Marilyn herself.
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'Churchwell has chosen here to concentrate on the controversies that still surround [Monroe's] life and legacy' -- The Daily Express
Churchwell’s studious attention to detail cuts through the many mythologies and gets to the real heart of this tragic, warm and intelligent woman’ -- The Herald (Glasgow)
‘A fascinating exploration of the controversies which still surround Marilyn’ -- Lancashire Evening Post
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Churchwell’s studious attention to detail cuts through the many mythologies and gets to the real heart of this tragic, warm and intelligent woman’ -- The Herald (Glasgow)
‘A fascinating exploration of the controversies which still surround Marilyn’ -- Lancashire Evening Post
Sarah Churchwell studied at Vassar College and Princeton University. She currently teaches American literature and culture at the University of East Anglia. This is her first book.
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- PublisherGranta Books
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 1862077541
- ISBN 13 9781862077546
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