Marilyn Monroe

Author: Song Gang
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: It is extremely cruel to send a child to an orphanage when they start to understand the world. On September 13, 1935, Marilyn arrived at the Los Angeles Orphanage, with the number 3463. Marilyn became the entirety of Johnny's life. He tried his best to help Marilyn, which deeply moved her, but when he brought up the topic of marriage, Marilyn gently replied, "I really like you, Johnny, but I don't love you." The nude photo scandal almost made her face condemnation or even a career ban, but resolving it so easily made her even more famous and beloved. The truth always lies in the hands of a few. Before the FBI distributed the files, they had already obscured some of the key names and places, which still prevents us from completely uncovering the truth behind Marilyn Monroe's death. A poet once wrote such lines to his beloved: "You are the direction of the next generation of girls, the source of my illness and poetry." The names of Vivien Leigh, Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe, and Elizabeth Taylor all deserve to be celebrated with these verses. However, upon closer examination, they are all different. So, let's read this book—different faces, different fingerprints, different backs. The author, with a thoughtful heart, recorded every important day in their lives, included poems they wrote themselves, and songs written by others in their honor. In the end, their life stories prove a line from Eileen Chang's novel: "First, I want a lot of love. If not, it doesn't matter. I want a lot of money. If money isn't there either, it doesn't matter. I want health. Having only health is also good." The author, with a thoughtful heart, tells the story of each actress from their childhood to the end of their lives—describing their sudden bursts of brilliance and warmth, yet the author always lingers on them, wanting to portray them as always happy. However, they were merely once lucky.