Marilyn Monroe : the private life of a public icon / Charles Casillo.
"Based on new interviews and research, this groundbreaking biography explores the secret selves behind Marilyn Monroe's public façades. Marilyn Monroe. Her beauty still captivates. Her love life still fascinates. Her story still dominates popular culture. Now, drawing on years of research and dozens of new interviews, this biography cuts through decades of lies and secrets and introduces you to the Marilyn Monroe you always wanted to know: a living, breathing, complex woman, bewitching and maddening, brilliant yet flawed. Charles Casillo studies Monroe's life through the context of her times--in the days before feminism, and before there was adequate treatment for bipolar disorder, which Marilyn struggled with. Starting with her abusive childhood, this biography exposes how--in spite of her fractured psyche--Marilyn's extreme ambition inspired her to transform each celebrated love affair and each tragedy into another step in her journey towards immortality. Casillo fully explores the last two years of her life, including her involvement with both John F. Kennedy and his brother Robert, and the mystery of her last day. Just a few of the revelations in [this book]: Despite reports of their bitter rivalry, Elizabeth Taylor secretly reached out and tried to help Marilyn during one of her darkest moments; the existence of Marilyn's semi-nude love scene with Clark Gable--long thought to be lost; a few nights before she died, Marilyn encountered Warren Beatty at a party and disclosed some of the reasons for her final despair; a meticulously detailed account of the events of her last day, revealing how a series of miscommunications and misjudgments contributed to her death."--Dust jacket.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250096869
- ISBN: 1250096863
- Physical Description: viii, 360 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, [2018]
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Part 1: A broken girl. Mama ; Struggle for survival ; Be a good girl ; The world became friendly ; "A stray little kitten" ; Rising ; Important meetings ; The talk of Hollywood -- Part 2: The preferred blonde. Melting the screen ; Dissatisfactions ; "Elegant vulgarity" ; Marilyn Inc. ; New York actress ; "A different suit" ; Innocent monster ; Marriage ; Marilyn gets hot ; Truth ; Making love ; An unfit misfit ; A woman alone ; Nightmare ; Manic-depressive ; Age three five ; Doctor-patient relations -- Part 3: Close to Camelot. Compartmentalization ; "Negated sex symbol" ; Starting something ; Mass seduction ; Is Marilyn finished? ; Elizabeth and Marilyn ; Last sittings ; Sleepwalking ; Anger and despair ; Miscommunications ; "We've lost her" -- Epilogue: Lingering radiance. |
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Adams PL Sys. - Decatur Branch | B MONROE CAS (Text) | 34207002178623 | Adult Non-Fiction Biographies | Available | - |
Eckhart PL - Main | BIO MONROE marilyn (Text) | 840191002521752 | Biographies - Upper Level | Available | - |
Fayette Co PL - Connersville | B MONROE (Text) | 39230031900754 | Adult Books | Available | - |
Greenwood PL - Greenwood | NONFICTION BIOGRAPHY Monroe (Text) | 36626103969168 | 2nd Floor Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Hussey-Mayfield Mem. PL - Zionsville | 791.4302 CASILLO (Text) | 33946003389215 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Jay Co PL - Portland | B M753c (Text) | 76383000461439 | Adult New Shelf, B | Available | - |
Lebanon PL - Lebanon | 791.43 BIOGRAPHY MONROE (Text)
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34330513266602 | Adult - Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Mooresville PL - Mooresville | 921 MON (Text) | 37323005411445 | NONFIC | Available | - |
Morgan Co PL - Morgantown Branch | B MON (Text) | 78551000537869 | Biography | Available | - |
Pike Co PL - Petersburg Main Library | BIO MONROE Marilyn (Text) | 38650833435488 | Biography | Available | - |
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Charles Casillo is the author of The Marilyn Diaries, The Fame Game, Boys, Lost & Found, and Outlaw: The Lives and Careers of John Rechy. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, New York Magazine, The Los Angeles Review of Books, and many others. His movies include "Let Me Die Quietly" and "Fetish."