Norma Jean: The Life of Marilyn Monroe by Fred Lawrence Guiles [FIRST PAPERBACK PRINTING] 1970 • Bantam

Norma Jean: The Life of Marilyn Monroe by Fred Lawrence Guiles

FIRST PAPERBACK PRINTING [1970] BANTAM BOOKS

1st Bantam mass market printing in excellent condition

Light wear to cover.

Book reads like new with some inevitable tanning to pages.

The biography that forever changed the way we saw Marilyn--now in paperback. Surpassing the myths and stereotypes of the blond bombshell and sex goddess, this fine biography created a sensitive portrait of Marilyn as a real person--an intelligent woman, a gifted star and, ultimately, a tragic victim of her own fame. A notable achievement.

Who was Norma Jean?

She was a child who dreamed of stardom-- and made it--in a world as unreal as her dreams. As Marilyn Monroe, she was the movies' last great sex goddess-imitated, envied and idolized. As Norma Jean she was vulnerable, self-conscious and hidden from herself. Now, after years of research, Fred Lawrence Guiles has pieced together the complex elements of her identity which made her both Norma Jean the person and "Marilyn" the super-star.