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Cynthia Paschen
Fictional account of Marilyn Monroe. It makes me want to know more about her life.

I re-read this in May, 2013 for my book group, more than 10 years after reading it the first time. Some of the women in my book group are not crazy about Oates. The only other book of hers we've read in the past 19 years (NINETEEN YEARS! HOLY COW!) was "We Were the Mulvaneys."

So I recommended this to book group, I believe it to be accessible and certainly one of one of Oates' strongest works.

I am again stunned by O
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Rebecca
Little girl lost in mime.
Better articulated by Britney in 'Lucky'.
Five star cover. Two star content.
*scowls at irony*

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Monica
Oct 10, 2008 rated it it was amazing
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The fictionalized biography is such a hard thing to do well and I'm so impressed with this as a work. This is my second JCO and I'm so happy to have finally connected with her books. ...more
jenn
Mar 03, 2008 rated it liked it
Shelves: 2009, 1001
I envy the subject matter in this one. If it hadn't been about Marilyn, I wouldn't have believed a word of it. ...more
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Nov 05, 2007 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Jul 02, 2009 marked it as to-read
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Feb 15, 2013 marked it as to-read
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