The Many Lives Of Marilyn Monroe Av Sarah Churchwell

<p><b>‘Ferociously smart. A rare combination of guilty pleasure and intellectual insight’ </b><i><b>VOGUE</b></i><br><br><b>‘Perceptive. Refreshing. Tears away layers of false readings and conspiracy theories’<i> NEW YORK TIMES</i></b><br><br><b>Intricately researched. Churchwell’s Marilyn is a complex, well-rounded creature in the best sense – the human sense’ <i>OBSERVER</i></b><br><br>There are many Marilyns: sex goddess and innocent child, crafty manipulator and dumb blonde, screen legend and Hollywood victim.<br><br>In this incisive and subtle book, Sarah Churchwell looks at how the stories we tell have trivialised a woman we supposedly adore, and at what they reveal about our attitudes towards sex symbols and icons, to women, death, biography and Marilyn herself.</p>