num_pages: 192
description: In a novel in verse an award-winning author offers an eye-opening look at the life of Marilyn Monroe.From the day she was born into a troubled home to her reigning days as a Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe (ne Norma Jeane Mortenson) lived a life that was often defined by others. Revisiting Marilyn's often traumatic early life--foster homes loneliness sexual abuse teen marriage--through a hard-won meteoric rise to stardom that brought with it exploitation pill dependency and depression the narrative continues through Marilyn's famous performance at JFK's birthday party three months before her death.
language: English
title: Beauty Mark: A Verse Novel of Marilyn Monroe
publisher: Candlewick Press