{"product_id":"marilyn-monroe-the-last-interview-and-other-conversations-9781612198774","title":"Marilyn Monroe: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"I'm so many people. They shock me sometimes. I wish I was just me!\" --Marilyn Monroe\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNearly sixty years after her death, Marilyn Monroe remains an icon whom everyone loves but no one really knows. The conversations gathered here--spanning her emergence on the Hollywood scene to just days before her death at age 36--show Monroe at her sharpest and most insightful on the thorny topics of ambition, fame, femininity, desire, and more. Together with an introduction by Sady Doyle, these pieces reveal yet another Marilyn: not the tragic heroine she's become in the popular imagination, but a righteously and justifiably angry figure breaking free of the limitations the world forced on her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarilyn Monroe\u003c\/b\u003e (1926-1962) was an actress, model, global celebrity, and one of the twentieth century's most famous pop icons. Born in Los Angeles as Norma Jeane Mortenson, she appeared in her first movie at age 21 and achieved breakout success in 1953. Monroe went on to star in more than 20 films, including \u003ci\u003eGentleman Prefer Blondes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Seven Year Itch\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSome Like it Hot\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSady Doyle\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eTrainwreck\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDead Blondes and Bad Mothers\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eIn These Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElle.com\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSlate, Buzzfeed, Rookie, \u003c\/i\u003e among other publications. She is the founder of the blog \u003ci\u003eTiger Beatdown\u003c\/i\u003e, and won the first-ever Women's Media Center Social Media Award. She's been featured in \u003ci\u003eRookie: Yearbook One and Yearbook Two\u003c\/i\u003e, and contributed to the \u003ci\u003eBook of Jezebel\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in upstate New York.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Melville House Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50647732420882,"sku":"9781612198774","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_56f7b5d6-7a68-4fb7-8a24-bcf278c380ed.jpg?v=1734805122","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/marilyn-monroe-the-last-interview-and-other-conversations-9781612198774","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}