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Marilyn Monroe

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Marilyn Monroe

By: Barbara Leaming
Narrated by: Justine Eyre
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Barbara Leaming's Marilyn Monroe is a complex, sympathetic portrait that will totally change the way we view the most enduring icon of American sexuality. To those who think they have heard all there is to hear about Marilyn Monroe, think again. Leaming's book tells a brand-new tale of sexual, psychological, and political intrigue of the highest order. Told for the first time in all its complexity, this is a compelling portrait of a woman at the center of a drama with immensely high stakes, a drama in which the other players are some of the most fascinating characters from the worlds of movies, theater, and politics. It is a book that shines a bright light on one of the most tumultuous, frightening, and exciting periods in American culture.

Basing her research on new interviews and on thousands of primary documents, Leaming has reconstructed the tangles of betrayal in Marilyn's life. For the first time, a master storyteller has put together all of the pieces and told Marilyn's story with the intensity and drama it so richly deserves.

At the heart of this book is a sexual triangle and a riveting story of betrayal that has never been told before. You will come away filled with new respect for Marilyn's incredible courage, dignity, and loyalty, and an overwhelming sense of tragedy.

©1998 Barbara Leaming (P)2024 Tantor
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It takes a bit of getting used to the narrator’s sort of “period” performance but once you do it’s really perfect, and the book is sensitively, smartly written and informative. Exquisite.

Moving and intelligent

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Don’t know why they picked a narrator who’s seems to have something wrong with her voice. Story jumps into the middle of Monroe’s life with very little front story. All in all unsatisfactory.

Poor narration

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I’ve listened to several books on Marilyn Monroe, whose story is fascinating but I’ve got to tell you Ms. Eyre has got to be the WORST narrator on the planet. Who knew that Nevada is spoken with an “H?” She sprinkles “H” around with reckless abandon. Don’t get me started with her “Rs”. Far from me to break someone’s rice bowl, but, whoever hired her, could never ever have heard her read, as he or she could never, (in good conscience) justify given her the job. Nerve racking diction at best. I’ll never knowingly buy a book narrated by her again. Life’s too short.

Regular story; Awful

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