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Goddess

The Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe

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Goddess

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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Critic Reviews

“A remarkable performance…. The ghost of Marilyn Monroe cries out in these pages." ( New York Times)
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Very informative but shocking at times & rather complex. I gained more of an understanding of the type of woman Marilyn was….& the era she lived through.

Very interesting

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Why would they have chosen this woman to read it. She cheapened the read and it was written by a great male journalist, after all.

Fantastic research

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This is an appallingly misogynistic book. The hateful, unsympathetic tone is sickening. Having read many Monroe biographies, this is the worst.

Misogynistic Crap

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