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Marilyn is peeled back in her memoir and notebooks.
I will always come back to these two books,
Touching and raw

Day 3 • #7days7covers #covercrush

Always been a fan of Marilyn Monroe, and her "fragments" book just made me love her even more. Her personal poetry and notes truly showed how fragile she was, and I loved this in depth look into her character.

This book is also full of photographs, not of her as the nation's sex symbol, but her reading, laughing with friends, and studying notes/scripts.

"Fragments" brought Marilyn to life yet again.

“...but I‘m really too tired for it.”

I have read this over and over. Marilyn was so much more than a starlet.

Inspired to look this up by Maria Papova's brainpickings, I'm glad I did! Fragments is a collection of notes, letters, and poems in Marilyn's own hand as well as photographs that allow us a glimpse of the real Marilyn Monroe. "This book does not attempt to show her stripped bare but, rather, simply as she was." -from editor's note. There is such a disconnect between the public figure and the vulnerable private person.

I know, I know! Kind of obvious. Clearly I have limited imagination- but in checking this out, this book of poems,notes and letters looks fascinating! I think I may have to order this one. #characters2017 #blondebombshell

I read nine books this month, which is pretty average for me. The month started off slow, though, due to being so busy at work. Omens and Cannibalism are still in progress, but I'm hoping to finish both of them by the end of the day!

I'm a huge Marilyn fan, and this has been such an interesting book. I only wish I had a physical copy to read, because the format on my library ebook is really odd.

Happy Valentine's Day Littens! 💘💕

Day 3 of #fallintoreading = cozy reads .. Fragments (Marilyn Monroe)

You know that question about famous people, living or dead, you'd like to invite to a dinner party? Norma Jean is always on my list, not because she became a glamorous film icon but because I suspect she was very kind, very smart and at heart a bookish introvert. I love this volume, it is as close as we will ever get to understanding her inner life & heart. #Booktober

To know reality (or things as they are than not to know and to have few illusions as possible - train my will now.

In the end everything is intangible.

One's own truth is just that really - one's own truth.