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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 ...more
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 ...more
Little girl lost in mime.
Better articulated by Britney in 'Lucky'.
Five star cover. Two star content.
*scowls at irony*
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Better articulated by Britney in 'Lucky'.
Five star cover. Two star content.
*scowls at irony*
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I envy the subject matter in this one. If it hadn't been about Marilyn, I wouldn't have believed a word of it.
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