Marilyn Monroe » (Reprint)

Barbara Leaming is the author of the New York Times best-seller Katharine Hepburn, as well as the much-acclaimed Orson Welles. She was for many years professor of theater and film at Hunter College. Her articles have appeared in Vanity Fair and The New York Times Magazine. She lives in Connecticut.

Discover the private Marilyn Monroe, revealed through dozens of untapped sources -- including diaries, letters, exclusive interviews with the men in her life, and even the intimate revelations of her psychiatrist. Barbara Leaming, bestselling author of Katherine Hepburn, paints a complex, sympathetic portrait that will change everthing you've ever thought about our most enduring icon of American sexuality.

The New York Times Book Review - Molly Haskell

The chief virtue of this retelling . . .is that the author restores Marilyn's humanity, gives flesh and blood, intelligence and iniative, to the archetypal dumb blonde. . . .a gripping and corrective book.