I don’t see how that woman could say things like "I bought woolen suits because I remembered that New York and Chicago were in the North. The circumstances of her death, from an overdose of barbiturates, have been the subject of conjecture.

Written at the height of her fame but not published until over a decade after her death, this autobiography of actress and sex symbol Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962) poignantly recounts her childhood as an unwanted orphan, her early adolescence, her rise in the film industry from bit player to celebrity, and her marriage to Joe DiMaggio. The Marilyn on these pages is a revelation: a gifted, intelligent, vulnerable woman who was far more complex than the unwitting sex siren she portrayed on screen.

Marilyn is a powerful chameleon who had a profound impact on the mortals she came into contact with. In the decades following her death, she has often been cited as both a pop and a cultural icon as well as the quintessential American sex symbol. In 1999, Monroe was ranked as the sixth greatest female star of all time by the American Film Institute. Little known and long unavailable, this autobiography, written by actress and starlet Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962), describes her early adolescence, her rise in the film industry from bit player to celebrity, and her marriage to Joe DiMaggio, and more.

As the continued lyrics say, I would have liked to know you, but I was just a kid, the candle burned out long before the legend ever did.The icon's name alone brings to mind a mutant from the X-Men comic books, like Raven Darkhölme/ Mystique. After she was mysteriously found dead of a drug overdose at the age of 36, the movie star became a beloved pop icon. But when Grace talked about God, she touched my cheek and said that He loved me and watched over me.

The story behind My Story, the only book credited to Marilyn Monroe, is beguiling as almost everything that has orbited the screen sex goddess since her death in 1962 at the age of 36. Supposedly written in her own words and published 10 years after her death in 1962, this is an unfinished account of some of the transitions Norma Jean Mortensen , who spent her childhood in a procession of foster homes and unyielding poverty made to become the Marilyn Monroe of legends. But the stories continued as the media ruthlessly circled the life and times of Marilyn, speculating about whether or not she died accidentally, or in a suicide attempt. Her "dumb blonde" persona was used to comic effect in subsequent films such as Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) and The Seven Year Itch (1955).When I bought this illustrated tome a couple of years ago, I was hoping to find information not previously known to the public.

Hecht's abandoned work was later revised and published by photographer Milton Greene, who established rights to the manuscript and whose photos of Monroe are included in the book. Hearing the story in her words (if they are her words) satisfied some of that curiosity; she came across as a wounded, but spirited woman who always dreamed big, despite the odds. Cooper Square, originally published 1974) Larger, sturdy book, black spine, pink boards, 143 pages plus ad.

It was weird for me, for, in spite of how fascinating she is, I felt compelled to avert my gaze, as if I were peeping at the nakedness of a divinity, as if I were staring presumptuously into a sacred fire. The circumstances of her death from an overdose of barbiturates have been the subject of conjecture.