Table of Contents
Prologue 1
Part 1 A Broken Girl
1 Mama 5
2 Struggle for Survival 12
3 Be a Good Girl 18
4 The World Became Friendly 30
5 "A Stray Little Kitten" 40
6 Rising 51
7 Important Meetings 60
8 The Talk of Hollywood 69
Part 2 The Preferred Blonde
9 Melting the Screen 77
10 Dissatisfactions 87
11 "Elegant Vulgarity" 94
12 Marilyn Inc. 101
13 New York Actress 108
14 "A Different Suit" 118
15 Innocent Monster 127
16 Marriage 135
17 Marilyn Gets Hot 144
18 Truth 152
19 Making Love 156
20 An Unfit Misfit 168
21 A Woman Alone 177
22 Nightmare 186
23 Manic-Depressive 196
24 Age Three Five 207
25 Doctor-Patient Relations 215
Part 3 Close to Camelot
26 Compartmentalization 227
27 "Negated Sex Symbol" 234
28 Starting Something 244
29 Mass Seduction 250
30 Is Marilyn Finished? 258
31 Elizabeth and Marilyn 265
32 Last Sittings 269
33 Sleepwalking 281
34 Anger and Despair 293
35 Miscommunications 304
36 "We've Lost Her" 310
Epilogue: Lingering Radiance 316
Acknowledgments 319
Notes 325
Bibliography 347
Index 353