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The Girl: Marilyn Monroe, The Seven Year Itch, and the Birth of an Unlikely Feminist Hardcover – May 8, 2018

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With an in-depth look at the two most empowering years in the life of Marilyn Monroe, The Girl details how The Seven Year Itch created an icon and sent the star on an adventure of self-discovery and transformation from a controlled wife and contract player into a businesswoman and unlikely feminist whose power is still felt today.

When Marilyn Monroe stepped over a subway grating as The Girl in The Seven Year Itch and let a gust of wind catch the skirt of her pleated white dress, an icon was born. Before that, the actress was mainly known for a nude calendar and one-dimensional, albeit memorable, characters on the screen. Though she again played a "dumb blonde" in this film and was making headlines by revealing her enviable anatomy, the star was now every bit in control of her image, and ready for a personal revolution.

Emboldened by her winning fight to land the role of The Girl, the making of The Seven Year Itch and the eighteen months that followed was the period of greatest confidence, liberation, and career success that Monroe lived in her tumultuous life. It was a time in which, among other things, she:

Ended her marriage to Joe DiMaggio and later began a relationship with Arthur Miller;
Legally changed her name to Marilyn Monroe, divorcing herself from the troubled past of Norma Jeane;
Started her own production company;
Studied in private lessons with Lee and Paula Strasberg of the Actors Studio and became a part of the acting revolution of the day

The ripple effects her personal rebellion had on Hollywood, and in trailblazing the way for women that followed, will both surprise and inspire readers to see the Marilyn Monroe in an entirely new light.

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Michelle Morgan is the author of many Hollywood-related books, including The Mammoth Book of Madonna and The Girl: Marilyn Monroe, The Seven Year Itch, and the Birth of an Unlikely Feminist. She lives in Northamptonshire, England.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Running Press Adult; Illustrated edition (May 8, 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0762490594
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0762490592
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.75 x 1 x 8 inches

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I am a writer, but nobody’s perfect! I write biographies, Marilyn Monroe books and much more. My first novel is The Webs We Weave, published by Bloodhound Books. My next novel is published August 2021.

Find me on social media: @MMWriterGirl on Instagram and Twitter, and The Official Michelle Morgan Author Group on Facebook.

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Ernesto

More than I expected

Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2018

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I have been a fan of Marilyn for more than 30 years, and even thou this book do not have a lot of new information, the point of view and story telling is superb. I am really proud of Michelle and above all that the new fans can see our Marilyn without the drama but as an heroine.

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Christina

Marilyn forever

Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2019

Love it thank you!!

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Kort

Captivating Read About An Unlikely Feminist

Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2018

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As a Gen X-er, I grew up surrounded by iconic Marilyn Monroe images as a sultry blond siren of the 1950s silver screen. I noted how her legend influenced Madonna and other high profile female performers during my teen years. 'Marilyn' is omnipresent and and a fixture in our collective psyche. Even my Gen Z daughter knows about Marilyn nearly 60 years after her untimely death declaring "She was a modern thinker of her time". Her star has not faded. What I didn’t realize — Marilyn was a trailblazer and unlikely feminist. Not just for her unapologetic risqué choices for that time, but she was a whip-smart and well-read women with a keen business acumen, street smarts, and a tough spirit. Her fierce professional determination included the study and performance of Shakespeare and other challenging roles. Being dubbed “a dumb blonde” couldn’t be further from the truth. She had a perspicacious personality and studied her craft carefully by attending the famous Actors Studio in New York City. She absorbed everything she could to make her thespian goals materialize. She also went on to form Marilyn Monroe Productions or MMP with Milton Greene.

Marilyn never capitulated to the expected norms of the time, though there were consequences including her well publicized divorce from Joe DiMaggio who had expected her to settle down and start a family. Nor would she allow herself to be harassed by the wolves of Hollywood, ...something that obviously still plagues Tinsel Town today. Michelle Morgan’s book is timely in regards to the “Me Too" movement.

This book is an easy, captivating read exposing a side of Marilyn that mainstream media has often downplayed or overlooked entirely. She was a deeply sensitive woman full of anxiety, sparkle and poetry. She overcame insurmountable odds to become one of the most beloved celebrities of all time. Marilyn set the stage for subsequent generations of women, reminding them that they can feel vulnerable, have feelings and desires, all without relinquishing a sense of self, strength, and determination.

The book includes a fascinating appendix listing Marilyn’s impressive literary, philosophical, art, and musical tastes, including Fyodor Dostroyevsky, Albert Einstein, Robert Frost, Sigmund Freud (whose therapeutic methods she subscribed to), Pablo Picasso, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong. She was particularly intrigued by the art of Francisco Jose de Goya whose imagery resonated with her.

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Clare Roden (Clare & Lou's Mad About Books)

Interesting and informative read!

Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2018

This is the first book that I have ever read about Marilyn Monroe so "The Girl Marilyn Monroe, The Seven Year Itch, and the Birth of an Unlikely Feminist" at first seemed to be a surprising title to be used for this book, because for me personally, I never realised that Marilyn Monroe was so much more than just an actress and icon of her generation until her untimely death in 1962. I became intrigued as to why the title was chosen but my question was soon answered the further that I read about her life and the rights that she fought for that at that time period of the 1950's were mostly denied to women. This book was a major eye opener for me as to the true personality of Marilyn and how she made a stance against the film studios she was contracted to and of her own personal struggles within her marriages, to be regarded as something more than a just wife, but as woman with a clever mind that had ambition to be taken seriously with regards to the roles she was cast to play. After being typecast as nothing more than a dumb blonde for so long she wanted to be given the chance to play a serious role to show that she was more than just a sex symbol and could actually be a great actress.
I really liked this book as it has shattered the media driven opinion of Marilyn Monroe of being just a dumb blonde actress, and gave me plenty of food for thought about how hard it must have been for her as a forward thinking woman during her lifetime as actresses today wouldn't put up with all the restrains and expectations she faced during her career. This book was well written, easy to digest and very informative so I believe that the author has a good knowledge of the subject and it's not just a copy and paste of information already widely available. I also liked that it had all the information such as quotes and sources listed at the end of the book that made for easy reference. I would widely recommend this book to any fan of Marilyn Monroe as a good source of information.

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Jill

The Power of Marilyn Monroe...Still

Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2018

First off I’d like to thank Netgalley, the author and of course the publisher, for allowing me to read this book in exchange for my honest review.

I thought my daughter who loves Marilyn would really enjoy this book, but I must admit, I really did enjoy reading this more! There are a lot of books out there about Marilyn Monroe, and most of them say the same thing about her. One thing I loved was you got to take a peek inside the feminist side of her.

One of the things she helped do was open the door to other women in Hollywood. Marilyn was more than the bleach blonde bombshell with a chest most men adored, and although some people think she was the “dumb blonde”, but she was much more than that. Marilyn was strong, independent, and was pretty smart, she was often underestimated. She wanted to break the mold of the dumb blonde in women, but in the era of the 50’s and 60’s times were so much different than they are now, and it was an uphill battle for her, but she did what she could and passed the torch onto the next generation, and the generation after that, and so on and so on.

This book also expanded on a few things in which was mentioned in other books, but was never followed through, as the other authors of those books didn’t want to say any more about it as it wasn’t what they were wanting to right the book on. I feel this book has been in the wings, waiting for the time to be written in the right time and era. I’m sure if Ms. Monroe was alive today, THIS would be the book she was most proud of that was written about her.

If you’re a Marilyn Monroe fan, and have or want to read books on her life, this is the mush have book for you to read.

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