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The Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe

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By: Anthony Summers
Narrated by: Donna Postel
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Marilyn Monroe, born to deprivation and a series of foster homes, became an acting legend of the 20th century. She married famous men, Joe DiMaggio and playwright Arthur Miller, and her many lovers included President John F. Kennedy. Her death, at 36, is a mystery that remains unsolved to this day.

Anthony Summers interviewed 600 people for this book, which reveals unknown truths, some funny, some very sad, about this brilliant but troubled woman. First to gain access to the files of Monroe's last psychiatrist, he throws light on Monroe's troubled psyche and her addiction to medications. He establishes once and for all that she was intimately involved with John and Robert Kennedy, who probably covered up the circumstances of her death.

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“A remarkable performance…. The ghost of Marilyn Monroe cries out in these pages." ( New York Times)
Thorough Research • Comprehensive Biography • Detailed Personal Life • Fascinating Details • Engaging Storytelling
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So many unanswered questions. So many insights. Such injustice. May she live on and her story never forgotten.

Absolutely Amazing

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Marilyn’s was a sad story all-around. This went into a lot of detail but tended to be slightly redundant toward the end. I wonder if we’ll ever really know what happened to her causing her death—she certainly had serious problems in many areas of her life but maybe she could have found recovery. Maybe that didn’t much happen in the ‘60’s. There were so many apparent cover-ups that make it seem like we never got the whole story. I admire her strengths and her ability to overcome rough beginnings but wish she could have fully overcome. Sad story.

Sadness

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I read it in high school. Still the best book on Marilyn of the many. Highly recommended.

Classic

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I really liked this book and I feel better informed about Marilyn, her situation, and the times she lived in.
I would like to thank the author for the excellent and thorough citations for this book.
The narrator did a fantastic job. I love the "voice " she used for Marilyn. It's exactly how I pictured her.
Bravo.

Grabs your attention.

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This book is a must for anyone following the Kennedys and that era. Many details of Marilyn’s life that I was unaware of. Great listen!

Facts that fill in other accounts.

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The quintessential biography of one of the most beautifully angelic, talented and complex women to have ever lived. Probably the most comprehensive and stimulating biographies I've ever read.
Her paradoxical life appears very much a reflection of her twin persona, born under the Gemini zodiac. A walking contradiction with a dichotomous mind. Playfully joyful and childlike, yet sad, troubled and unstable. Seductively addictive who could "play the naive sex symbol", yet deeply cerebral and highly intelligent. Universally loved by many, yet lived a solitary and lonely existence, never having learned to love herself.
She loved others unconditionally, but could never find another to love her truly for who she was. Inspirationally beautiful but devastatingly tragic life. She deserved so much more than what she received in her brief but incandescent life. RIP MM

Candle in the Wind

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I’m not a particular fan of Marilyn Monroe – I’m not sure I’ve ever watched one of her movies - but I do like biographies, including Hollywood biographies, and boy did I not know this woman at all! Mostly for the worst – this is not a flattering portrayal of her or most of her cohorts, including the Kennedys! – but while I found the entire book engaging, it was all the afterword material that I found truly fascinating.

Recommended

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The book itself isn’t terrible, it’s just hard to believe anything when you have multiple people telling situations from their perspective and not the literal truth or reality. It’s mostly a he said she said story.

Unreliable but intriguing

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Very well researched and fair. She was many things ...I'm glad she lived then because of she lived today the aggressive tabloid practices would have ruined her even sooner. It was very interesting to learn about the people in her life. DiMaggio loved her to the end.

Best Marilyn Biography

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This is possibly the best researched biography i’ve ever read/listened to…Will definitely be listening to his other books now.

Wow.

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