Goddess: The Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe

by Anthony Summers

Book Overview

The definitive biography of one of America's brightest starsHers was a brief life that still fascinates the world. Marilyn Monroe was born in obscurity and deprivation, and rose to become a legend of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0026154609
• ISBN13: 9780026154604
• Release Date: September 1985
• Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
• Length: 415 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The only Marilyn Biography

If you want to learn about the most magnetic and captivating person to ever live, this book on Marilyn is simply the only book about her that ever needs to be read. ThIS is the definitive source. This book, after an entire lifetime of devotion to her, is the only piece of material I trust fully when it comes to debunking or proving any single story of her life ever told. This book can give you insight into any question you’ve ever had about her, beginning of life, middle, end, post-life and everything in between. It almost felt like I shouldn’t have been allowed access to the information in these pages. And it will let you in on the things you’d never have imagined about her. It perfectly encapsulates why she will always be so immeasurably fascinating and electric and irreplaceable. This isn’t just the best biography ever written about Marilyn Monroe, I think this may be the best biography ever written about anyone. Not that I plan on reading every biography ever written but I still feel like I can accurately say that.

Interesting, well written and believable

Goddess is one of the best books ever written on Marilyn, and contains some of the most throughly researched information on her death. Summer's book stands as the definative biography about monroe (and there have been many). Summers, unlike many other authors that have attempted to write about monroe (particularly her death), backs up his information with documents and where ever possible the names of his sources. If u only ever read one book about the life and particularly the circumstances surrounding the death of Marilyn Monroe I would recommend Goddess. However for fans of the amazing, facinating and breathtakingly beautiful Monroe, Goddess is a must have, not just as a captivating and informative read but also as a reference, practically every book written on Marilyn Monroe after 1985 uses Goddess as a reference.

A+

Goddess: The Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe is an excellent book! After you finish reading this, you feel as though you've been w/ her every step of the way. The author Anthony Summers goes into great detail of her childhood, struggles of becoming famous, her marriages and divorces, her mental breakdown, etc. A little less than half the book is about Marilyn's death. Summers is quick to give us possible causes of the tragic event backed up w/ testimonies, interviews, and police reports. Instead of forcing the THIS IS HOW MARILYN DIED routine on us, he lets us decide for ourselves. MANY MANY MANY people were interviewed for this book, including a lot of Marilyn's friends (and so called friends) One thing this book does prove is that Marilyn was definitely involved sexually w/ both of the Kennedy brothers (JFK and Robert) around the last months of her life. Lots of pictures are included (there is even one of her after her autopsy) and copies of police reports and even some of Marilyn's personal letters!! This book is EXCELLENT, and you will not want to put it down. Marilyn is one of the most interesting people you can read about. So beautiful and talented, but so afraid and fragile...too bad this book is Out of print ~ FIND THIS BOOK: you won't regret it!!

A sad, but important book.

This is a sad, compelling, serious look at the life of a woman who drew the admiration and lust of every man she met, but never overcame a characterological loneliness. There is plenty of passion, sex, sadness, broken hearts, drug abuse, and Hollywood name-dropping for any reader - but the real action is the well researched inference that Marilyn was murdered by a frightened public figure. You have to read this to evaluate that claim!

A Biography on Marilyn that dares discover to the truth...

This is an "exelent" book by Anthony Summers, So well written from beginning to end, this is a book that every Marilyn Fan should have in their bookshelf. You can really appreciate all the time he has devoted in writing "GODDESS." Anthony Summers gives a detailed description of the life and death of Marilyn Monroe. He addresses many sensitive topics that many would not have dare write about, for example the reason why she was murdered, who did it and what was their motive, I love this book exactly for that reason, At last someone dared to discover the truth.