Marilyn Monroe. A Passion Told by Herself

This sensational book will be a discovery for all Marilyn Monroe fans. It’s not just memoirs; more than diaries—it’s the most candid confession of the most desired woman of the 20th century, who not only refutes common myths but completely overturns all previous ideas about “Hollywood’s main blonde.”

She was considered a capricious empty-headed doll, a stupid girl who didn’t even have the brains to finish school—yet these pages feature a surprisingly intelligent, extremely well-read, truly talented woman speaking to you. She was offered roles of flirtatious beauties dreaming of marrying a millionaire—but secretly she rehearsed Shakespeare’s Ophelia and Grushenka from “The Brothers Karamazov.” She was worshiped as an icon, hailed as the era’s chief sex symbol—and she hated her screen image and her luxurious body…

Open this book, listen to Marilyn’s living voice, look closely at her drawings and photographs—let yourself into the heart of the most beautiful, desired, and unhappy woman of the 20th century.