{"product_id":"marilyn-monroe-a-photographic-life-featuring-rare-photographs-and-memorabilia-hardcover","title":"Marilyn Monroe: A Photographic Life - Featuring Rare Photographs and Memorabilia - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJenna Glatzer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe camera loved Marilyn, and she loved it right back. In this luxurious volume, get to know the enigmatic star through iconic and rare photos, intimate stories, and removable memorabilia.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Everyone knows the classic photographs of Marilyn Monroe: in the dress she wore to John F. Kennedy's birthday, or leaning out of a balcony over the streets of New York City, or famously standing over the subway grates while shooting \u003ci\u003eThe Seven Year Itch\u003c\/i\u003e. Behind the glamour, we've also heard the sad stories: her mother's institutionalization, her three failed marriages, her own struggles with mental health, her surprising death that still leaves us with questions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarilyn Monroe: A Photographic Life \u003c\/i\u003edelves into \u003cb\u003ethe life of the star--before, during, and after she became a \"Blonde Bombshell.\"\u003c\/b\u003e Born Norma Jeane Mortenson (the Baker came later), she had a troubled childhood that culminated in her self-described \"inferiority complex.\" But all the while, she dreamed of something more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRead the stories\u003c\/b\u003e behind her first marriage (and why she kept it secret when she started modeling), her early roles with the studios (and the one exec who thought she didn't have \"it\"), and her life as a budding actress that include humble anecdotes (at one point, she was so poor that she and a roommate shared one pair of high heels--and whoever had a date that night got to wear them). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Along with the stories are fabulous \u003cb\u003erare photographs and reproductions of frameable memorabilia, such as: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Birth and marriage certificates \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Handwritten letters \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Certificate of conversion to Judaism before her marriage to Arthur Miller \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Screen Actors Guild membership card \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Picture of Marilyn sketched by Jane Russell \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Watercolor Marilyn painted for JFK \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Childhood photos \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Shots and ads from her earliest modeling days \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Wedding photos \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Images of those who knew her, including Groucho Marx, Ella Fitzgerald, Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, and so many more \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Marilyn's favorite image of herself, taken in 1956 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Further chapters cover Marilyn's \u003cb\u003emarriages\u003c\/b\u003e to Joe DiMaggio and Arthur Miller, her time in England and New York, and \u003cb\u003eher rise\u003c\/b\u003e as one of Hollywood's most sought after starlets. Through it all--the \u003cb\u003eself doubts\u003c\/b\u003e, the \u003cb\u003eillnesses\u003c\/b\u003e, the \u003cb\u003eisolation\u003c\/b\u003e--we see Marilyn \u003cb\u003etriumph\u003c\/b\u003e with the help of friends and confidantes and her own tenacious will of knowing what she wanted. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e We see time and again the depths of Marilyn's heart and her capacity to care for others. \"I want to love and be loved more than anything else in the world,\" she once said, and with \u003ci\u003eMarilyn Monroe: A Photographic Life\u003c\/i\u003e, you can't help but oblige.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJenna Glatzer\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the 2005 authorized biography \u003ci\u003eCeline Dion: For Keeps. \u003c\/i\u003eShe is a contributing editor at \u003ci\u003eWriter's Digest \u003c\/i\u003eand has written hundreds of online and magazine articles. 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