Marilyn: An Untold Story

by Norman Rosten

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451088808
• ISBN13: 9780451088802
• Release Date: September 1973
• Publisher: Berkley Books
• Length: 125 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A POIGNANT STORY OF A TRAGIC ACTRESS

I originally read this book when I was 12 years old. I loved it then and I definitely love it now. The book is a very tender and poignant book about Marilyn Monroe. I was pleasantly surprised because so many books make her out to be so sleazy. The book is easy and fast to read. I liked that he included little poems that she wrote. The book shows a woman who was much more than that sex symbol. It shows her as a beautiful woman with a beautiful soul. The author tells one story about how Marilyn was so gentle with his daughter. The book is definitely written by someone who really cared about her. If you are a fan of Marilyn Monroe, you will definitely love this book. Forget about all of those other bios read this one first. Some Marilyn bios I would definitely not reccommend are by Lena Pepitone, Norman Mailer, Donald Spoto, and Gloria Steinem UGH!! Norman Rosten's loving tribute to Marilyn Monroe is the best! I LOVED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so glad that I rediscovered it.

Through the Eyes of a Friend

"Help I feel life coming closer, when all I want to do is to die," is part of a poem written by Marilyn Monroe that begins this book, written by a close friend. Never could a statement be more true of Monroe, for people who knew her say she wasn't happy with her stardom and wanted just a simple life. She wanted a happy marriage and a baby. She took numerous medications and overdosed a couple of times unsuccessfully in her life -- but most people who knew her say these were accidents, and that she knew her medications well enough not to take too many.It appears to readers of books on her life that although she was a fairly suicidal person, she really didn't want to die. She just wanted to live a different life than she lived. This book is a very fast read and a very interesting perspective. The author definitely believes Marilyn meant to kill herself, despite all the hype and investigations into her death. Marilyn, with her depressions and moodiness, was probably very difficult to understand for someone who hasn't been there. On the outside looking in, it DOES appear that her death was by her own hand. But other accounts show Marilyn to be at the best health and close to being very happy when she died. Anyone interested in Marilyn should read this book.