Marilyn Monroe

This biography from Casillo fleshes out the icon, telling Monroe's tale in great and often harrowing detail and showing how the notorious blond pin-up was smarter and shrewder than most realize, yet just as tragic as we knew. --New York Post, Most Unforgettable Books of 2018 After all I've seen and heard about Marilyn Monroe, this book is a revelation, an earthy, empathic vision of a real woman who happened to be an ethereal goddess. Getting to know Charles Casillo's Marilyn made me feel a level of identification and understanding that was devastating and thrilling. --Mary Gaitskill A refreshing take on the complex and talented Monroe....A+. --Tulsa Book Review Casillo explores the myriad facets of Monroe's personality with a respectful but incisive eye...an intricately nuanced portrait of this misunderstood idol...A worthy addition to the Monroe canon. -Booklist A well-written examination of the mystique of a woman who still fascinates decades after her untimely death. --Publishers Weekly A deep dive into the model and screen legend's glamorous but troubled life...[Casillo] pays particularly sympathetic attention to her emotional journey...a compelling exploration of a beguiling film icon's life. --Kirkus Reviews Extraordinary...Castillo's sympathetic and psychologically nuanced Marilyn Monroe bio is compulsively readable and well researched. --Shelf Awareness Charles Casillo has managed to further peel back the layers on one of our most complex modern day heroines. --Stanley Buchthal, co-editor of Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters