The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe
ISBN: 9780446198189 | 0446198188
Edition: ReprintFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date: 9/28/2010
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When Norma Jeane Baker became famous as Marilyn Monroe in the 1950s, she said her mother, Gladys Baker, was either dead or not a part of her life, depending on the publicity campaign of the moment. However, neither was true. Marilyn's mentally ill mother was very much present in her world, and the complex family drama that unfolded behind the scenes is a story that has never before been told until now.
| Preface | p. xiii |
| Prologue | p. 1 |
| The Beginning | p. 7 |
| Norma Jeane's Foster Mother, Ida | p. 9 |
| Norma Jeane's Grandmother, Della | p. 12 |
| Marilyn's Mother, Gladys | p. 17 |
| Norma Jeane Is Born | p. 22 |
| Della's Terrible Fate | p. 25 |
| Living with the Bolenders | p. 28 |
| A Frightening Encounter with Gladys | p. 33 |
| ... MORE | p. 37 |
| ôNow It's Time to Know Your Motherö | p. 39 |
| A New-and Temporary-Life | p. 44 |
| The Voices Return | p. 50 |
| Grace Is Norma Jeane's Legal Guardian | p. 55 |
| Norma JeaneÆs Troubling Visit with Gladys | p. 58 |
| Norma Jeane in an Orphanage | p. 60 |
| Grace v. Ida | p. 66 |
| Norma Jeane Learns She Has a Half Sister | p. 70 |
| Norma Jeane Marries | p. 72 |
| Transitioning | p. 79 |
| Crazy? | p. 81 |
| Gladys's Clever Plan | p. 84 |
| Trouble in Paradise | p. 87 |
| Overnight Success | p. 91 |
| Gladys Is Released | p. 94 |
| Gladys's Plea to Norma Jeane | p. 96 |
| Jim Gets a Surprise: Gladys | p. 99 |
| How Gladys Lost Her Children | p. 101 |
| The First Norma Jeane | p. 106 |
| Jim's Ultimatum | p. 108 |
| Final Cofrontation | |
| Norma Jeane Signs with 20th Century-Fox | p. 112 |
| Marilyn | p. 117 |
| Marilyn Trying to Understand Gladys | p. 119 |
| Getting Through to Gladys? | p. 124 |
| Wayne Bolender's Fatherly Advice | p. 128 |
| Giving Up Her Soul | p. 130 |
| Natasha | p. 135 |
| Disappointment | p. 138 |
| Johnny Hyde | p. 140 |
| Gladys Marries | p. 145 |
| Fifty Bucks for Nudity? | p. 147 |
| Stardom | p. 151 |
| Unwelcome Visitors | p. 153 |
| The Asphalt Jungle | p. 156 |
| All About Eve | p. 158 |
| Dumb as a Blonde Fox | p. 161 |
| Suicide over Johnny? | p. 165 |
| Marilyn Tries to Meet Her ôFatherö | p. 168 |
| Early Films | p. 172 |
| Jasper Dies | p. 174 |
| Don't Bother to Knock | p. 177 |
| Joe DiMaggio | p. 180 |
| The Nude Calendar Scandal | p. 186 |
| Gladys: ôI'd Like to Have My Child's Loveö | p. 189 |
| Marilyn and Joe: Tumultuous Already? | p. 194 |
| Gladys's Surprise Visit | p. 196 |
| Niagara | p. 200 |
| Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | p. 202 |
| Gladys Threatens Grace | p. 205 |
| Gladys's New Home | p. 209 |
| How to Marry a Millionaire | p. 212 |
| River of No Return | p. 215 |
| Difficult Times | p. 217 |
| Grace's Upsetting Secret | p. 219 |
| Grace Learns About Marilyn's Troubles | p. 221 |
| A Graceful Exit | p. 225 |
| A Shocking Discovery About Grace | p. 226 |
| Marilyn's Rebellion | p. 229 |
| Natasha Continues Her Dual Purpose | p. 232 |
| Mrs. DiMaggio | p. 234 |
| There's No Business Like Show Business | p. 239 |
| The Seven Year Itch | p. 242 |
| Marilyn Divorces Joe | p. 246 |
| Sinatra | p. 249 |
| The Wrong Door Raid | p. 253 |
| Marilyn in New York | p. 259 |
| Arthur Miller | p. 268 |
| Why Marilyn Was Investigated by the FBI | p. 272 |
| Bus Stop | p. 274 |
| Natasha Non Grata | p. 276 |
| Vioces | p. 281 |
| The Misery of Arthur Miller | p. 283 |
| Marilyn and Arthur Marry | p. 285 |
| The Prince and the Showgirl | p. 287 |
| Arthur Miller's Damning Journal | p. 293 |
| Quiet Before the Storm | p. 296 |
| Marilyn's Depression | p. 301 |
| Some Like It Hot | p. 306 |
| A Sign from God? | p. 312 |
| Slow Death | p. 315 |
| Giving Voice to the Voices | p. 317 |
| Marilyn and Pat | p. 323 |
| The Misfits | p. 331 |
| No Relief | p. 338 |
| Marilyn Is Committed | p. 344 |
| ôYou Are a Very, Very Sick Girlö | p. 347 |
| ôI'm Locked Up with These Poor Nutty Peopleö | p. 350 |
| ôHow Dare You Betray Me!ö | p. 353 |
| Gladys's Sheets, Soaked with Blood | p. 355 |
| Returning to the Safety of Sinatra | p. 358 |
| A Reunion with Berniece | p. 365 |
| Greenson's Diagnosis | p. 370 |
| A Second Opinion | p. 374 |
| Marilyn's Drugs of Choice | p. 376 |
| Dr. Greenson in Control | p. 383 |
| Eunice Murray | p. 387 |
| The Kennedys | p. 391 |
| Kennedy Style | p. 393 |
| Marilyn and Bobby | p. 398 |
| JFK: ôFinally! You're Here!ö | p. 403 |
| Notorious Players | p. 406 |
| Marilyn's Weekend with the President | p. 409 |
| Something's Got to Give | p. 412 |
| Marilyn's Fascination with the President | p. 415 |
| Marilyn's Surprise Visit to Pat | p. 419 |
| An Overdose Because of JFK? | p. 421 |
| Were Marilyn and Bobby ôThe New Itemö? | p. 422 |
| Bobby: ôThe President Wants It and I Want Itö | p. 428 |
| ôHappy Birthday, Mr. Presidentö | p. 433 |
| Sad Endings | p. 441 |
| Marilyn Fired | p. 443 |
| Gladys: ôI Don't Say Goodbyeö | p. 449 |
| Pat: ôMy Friend Is Dyingö | p. 457 |
| The Lost Weekend | p. 461 |
| ôMaybeö | p. 467 |
| Final Curtain | p. 470 |
| Appendices | p. 477 |
| After Marilyn | p. 479 |
| After MarilynÆs Death | p. 479 |
| Glady's Life After Marilyn | p. 482 |
| Perspective: Marilyn and the Kennedys | p. 485 |
| The FBI's Files on Marilyn | p. 489 |
| The John Miner Transcripts | p. 492 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 495 |
| Sources and Other Notes | p. 503 |
| Marilyn Monroe Filmography | p. 527 |
| Index | p. 542 |
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J. Randy Taraborrelli is a respected journalist, a recognizable entertainment personality, and in-demand guest on many television programs. He is the bestselling author of eight books. Taraborrelli is a reporter for the Times (London), Paris Match, and The Daily Mail (UK) and a contributor to Redbook,McCall's, and Good Housekeeping.
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