Marilyn monroe biography book review

There are countless books on Marilyn Monroe, and it comes with good reason, she was an actress, model, and singer who became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s.

“Sometimes things fall apart, so that better things can fall together,” she remarked.

In order to get to the bottom of what inspired one of America’s cultural icons to the height of her crafts, we’ve compiled a list of the 10 best books on Marilyn Monroe.

Goddess: The Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe by Anthony Summers

Marilyn Monroe, born in obscurity and deprivation, became an actress and legend of the twentieth century, romantically linked to famous men from Joe DiMaggio to Arthur Miller to John F.

Kennedy. But her tragic death at a young age, under suspicious circumstances, left behind a mystery that remains unsolved to this day.

Anthony Summers interviewed more than six hundred people, laying bare the truths – sometimes funny,