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Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
October 2010
On Sale: October 12, 2010
256 pages
ISBN: 0374158355
EAN: 9780374158354
Hardcover
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Marilyn Monroeβs image is so universal that we canβt help but believe that we know all there is to know of her. Every word and gesture made headlines and garnered controversy. Her serious gifts as an actor were sometimes eclipsed by her notorietyβand the way the camera fell helplessly in love with her. But what of the other Marilyn? Beyond the headlinesβand the too-familiar stories of heartbreak and desolationβwas a woman far more curious, searching, and hopeful than the one the world got to know. Even as Hollywood studios tried to mold and suppress her, Marilyn never lost her insight, her passion, and her humor. To confront the mounting difficulties of her life, she wrote. Now, for the first time, we can meet this private Marilyn and get to know her in a way we never have before. Fragments is an unprecedented collection of written artifactsβnotes to herself, letters, even poemsβin Marilynβs own handwriting, never before published, along with rarely seen intimate photos. These bits of textβjotted in notebooks, typed on paper, or written on hotel letterheadβreveal a woman who loved deeply and strove to perfect her craft. They show a Marilyn Monroe unsparing in her analysis of her own life, but also playful, funny, and impossibly charming. The easy grace and deceptive lightness that made her performances so memorable emerge on the page, as does the simmering tragedy that made her last appearances so heartbreaking. Fragments is an eventβan unforgettable book that will redefine one of the greatest stars of the twentieth century and which, nearly fifty years after her death, will definitively reveal Marilyn Monroeβs humanity.
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