The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe | Paperback

J. Randy Taraborrelli wrote one of the best books of Marilyn Monroe to date. He offers a detailed look into the life of Marilyn Monroe. With this book, we are able to distinguish fact from fiction, and he puts rumors that even Marilyn started, to rest once and for all. It also gives insight into her death, as well as first person interviews with Milton Greene, Jim Dougherty and even her mother, Gladys Baker. He deals with the issue of her unknown father - giving a face to who he really was, or who Marilyn and her mother believed he was and addressed her attempts to try and locate him. It even describes her relationship with Berniece, her half-sister, whom not many people knew existed before this book was published. I read it in two days and would read it again. I keep going back to it, finding quotes she, as well as others, said about her. The description of her beauty by Taraborrelli and by others showed how breathtakingly beautiful she was, though even those words didn't do her justice. I would recommend this book to anyone, and it's definitely a must-have for any Marilyn Monroe fan.