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BOOK REVIEW BY DAVID MARSHALL

Whatís a Monroe fan like best? Big, glossy coffee table photo books or reading what Marilyn had to say about herself? Howís about both?

 In 1974 Milton Greene took a copyright out on what was purported to be Marilyn Monroeís autobiography. When it was first published that year, My Story by Marilyn Monroe was snatched up by a country reawakened to the magic of Monroe thanks in large part to the publication of Norman Mailerís Marilyn.

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Covering the years of her childhood through her Korean tour during her honeymoon with Joe DiMaggio, My Story did not catch on as those responsible for its publication had at first assumed.  

The reasons for My Story failure on the best seller lists had a great deal to do with its ìvoice.î Somehow this just didnít ìsoundî like Marilyn.

Besides, by 1974 people had little interest in the calendar scandal or the marriage with the Yankee Clipper. What people really wanted to read about was the just then su Marilyn: Her Life in Her Own Words by George Barris - Goodreads MYVY