Marilyn: Her Life in Her Own Words: Marilyn Monroe's Revealing Last Words and Photographs Paperback – April 1, 2001

I read about this book online before ordering it for my sister, a super big fan of Marilyn Monroe. I bought it for her 86th birthday. She loves it and all the wonderful photos of "beautiful Marilyn."

The audible was really nice to hear. I got to know Marilyn more and I am so glad to have heard it. I felt like Marilyn was talking to me and I just wished she had lived longer.

As an avid Marilyn Monroe fan I was pleasantly surprised by this little gem. The images that are contained in this book are absolutely fantastic and show Marilyn as Marilyn not as the MMMM Girl that we are all accustomed to. Marilyn was and still remains the most beautiful woman in the world and this book just highlights that fact even more. Stripped of the glamour and elegance of a Hollywood movie set, Marilyn glows sans make-up. Her natural beauty may, in face, be even more captivating than her glamourous persona. Much of the background story provided by the author may at times sound as if he has been talking about his fantasy but underneath it all he seems to try to respect Marilyn. That is more than I can say for some of the other books that have been published which all aim to portray her as nothing more than a drug-addled wannabe actress. Reading her own words makes one realise that Marilyn was an extremely intelligent woman who was never really understood in life. All in all this book is definitely worth a look if only for the glorious images of Ms. Monroe.

It's not clear how much of this is actually from Marilyn and how much was made up by Ben Hecht and Milton Greene. Nonetheless this is an interesting read. Marilyn talks about her relationship with Joe Schenk, who could really lay claim to having "discovered" Monroe, although she glosses over their sexual relationship. She also talk a bit about her relationship with Joan Crawford who tried to help her when she was a starlet but later publically criticized Monroe to generate publicity for herself. Monroe gets back at Crawford by telling the story of the stag film she (Crawford) appeared in before getting her big break; but does not name Crawford specifically when she tells the story. Monroe also talks about a "feud" Zsa Zsa Gabor apparently was trying to get started between the two of them. Something that Monroe thought was funny. If you want to get a glimpse into who she really was, this is worth reading.

Of all the beautiful actresses (actors) that graced the silver screen in my day (I’m 71 years old) Marilyn is the only one I wish I could have met and spent time with. If you read her book (“Marilyn, Her Life in Her Own Words”), also available here on Amazon, and research some of the vast amount of material surrounding her life and rise to fame and then her tragic death (not a suicide), you'll understand why I make that statement…perhaps. Keep this in mind, she was one of only two actors that attended the acclaimed "Actors Studio" who were considered by its renowned founders/educators (Elia Kazan, Cheryl Crawford, Robert Lewis and Lee Strasberg) to be the most capable, talented, intelligent and dedicated film artists...the other was Marlon Brando!

I really loved this book and George Barris brought her to life, I could visualize her talking with him about her life, her husbands and relationship with the Studios.It is strange to me that the men she married thought that she should give up her dreams and take care of them. I was surprised at Joe for how little it took to deflate his ego enough to divorce her. She was not a run of mill girl and she wanted to be a Star in the industry. Not a stay at home wife, at least not while she was young and she had to talent to backup her dreams.To me there is no better story of ones life, than the one who lived it telling the story.

This was a nice book for anyone interested in learning more about Marilyn Monroe as a person. You learn about the hardship and abuse she went through as a child and how poorly she was treated all her life. No wonder it was too hard for her to have love in her life. It was nice that she managed to meet some nice people along the way such as the author. The pictures he took really depict Marilyn in great detail, no airbrushing, flaws and all ( I mean that in a good way). He makes his feelings clear in the end about her death, which sadly I don't believe will ever be figured out.

Received the book on time with no problems.. Contained lots of beautiful photographs of the gorgeous Marilyn Monroe both displaying her skill as a "photographers model" and her true beauty. There is this "candid" and playful feel to some of the images..I was soo pleased by the "voice" of this book, the author really seemed to have a wonderful, true friendship with his subject. They shared a kinship and fondness for one another.. No wonder Marilyn felt soo comfortable with him... You definitely get that feel in this book. You get an intimate, inside view into the human being behind the ICON.. A must have for any true Marilyn fan!

Really interesting book about this gorgeous lady. Great photos and interesting narrative from both George Barris and Marilyn. Gives a lot of insight into Marilyn and her life. Love it!

Brilliant book fantastic read once you start you cant put down,if you love Marilyn or would like to know more about this lady you will love this book

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A present for my wife. She found the book interesting and enjoyed it.

Great read