Review: Tells the story behind the legend
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 6, 2014
I doubt there is any other artist who is celebrated as much as Marilyn Monroe and am quite sure that her name is well known in every corner of the world, no matter how remote it is. Such is her power! So when I came across this book I simply had to read it. The name Marilyn Monroe always has a feel of glamour attached to it. But this book gives exactly the opposite feeling, it sort of de-glamorizes her and presents her life as it was - not very smooth and quite tumultuous.The book mainly deals with her personal life before she achieved stardom and on reading the account you do feel that is not how a child’s life should be. On account of her being a popular figure we might already be aware about her childhood but each time the same account does elicit sympathy. The book is a short and succinct account of her life written with compassion, yet maintaining an unbiased viewpoint.