num_pages: 528
description: Like her art Marilyn Monroe was rooted in She was a powerful star and a childlike waif; a joyful irreverent party girl with a deeply spiritual side; a superb friend and a narcissist; a dumb blonde and an intellectual. No previous biographer has recognized -- much less attempted to analyze -- most of these aspects of her personality. Lois Banner has.Since Marilyn's death in August of 1962 the appetite for information about her has been insatiable. Biographies of Marilyn abound and whether these books are sensational or flawed Marilyn's fans have always come out in bestselling numbers. This time with Lois Banner's Revelations  the fans won't be disappointed. This is no retread of recycled material. As one of the founders of the field of women's history Banner will reveal Marilyn Monroe in the way that only a top-notch historian and biographer could.In researching Revelations  Banner's credentials opened doors. She gained access to Marilyn intimates who hadn't spoken to other biographers and to private material unseen ignored or misinterpreted by her predecessors. With new details about Marilyn's childhood foster homes her sexual abuse her multiple marriages her affairs and her untimely death at the age of thirty-six Revelations is at last the nuanced biography Marilyn fans have been waiting for.
language: English
title: Marilyn: The Passion and Paradox
publisher: Bloomsbury USA