Blonde

A Novel

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Blonde

By: Joyce Carol Oates

Narrated by: Jayne Atkinson

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The National Book Award finalist and national bestseller exploring the life and legend of Marilyn Monroe

Soon to be a Netflix Film starring Ana de Armas, Adrien Brody, Bobby Cannavale and Julianne Nicholson

In one of her most ambitious works, Joyce Carol Oates boldly reimagines the inner, poetic, and spiritual life of Norma Jeane Baker—the child, the woman, the fated celebrity, and idolized blonde the world came to know as Marilyn Monroe. In a voice startlingly intimate and rich, Norma Jeane tells her own story of an emblematic American artist—intensely conflicted and driven—who had lost her way. A powerful portrait of Hollywood’s myth and an extraordinary woman’s heartbreaking reality, Blonde is a sweeping epic that pays tribute to the elusive magic and devastation behind the creation of the great 20th-century American star.

Biographical Fiction

Fantasy

Genre Fiction

Literary Fiction

Psychological

Biography

Fiction

Heartfelt

Celebrity

Most relevant

A superb exploration of a longing for selfhood and the price of fame. Beautifully written and read to perfection! I couldn’t stop listening!

Blonde is Brilliant!

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sucked in from the opening lines and didnt let go until the end. a lovely fictional look into the mind of someone I wasn't expecting to be anything more than superficial. akin to netflixes - the crown. its a tragedy and also a look into hollywood/celebrity culture, the male gaze, and a girl with daddy issues. oates picks up and drops off at numerous points in norma's life always leaving us wanting more. narrated wonderfully

great book, great performance

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I found the narrator one of the best I have ever heard in an audiobook. The story is great and Joyce Carol Oates is something else, but what impressed me the most was the narrator. Well done.

Excellent narration

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Though a terrific book and a great reader, you should know that this version is abridged. The description should say so before purchase.

This is abridged

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