Marilyn in Manhattan: Her Year of Joy

Marilyn in Manhattan: Her Year of Joy

by Elizabeth Winder
Marilyn in Manhattan: Her Year of Joy

Marilyn in Manhattan: Her Year of Joy

by Elizabeth Winder

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Overview

A city, a movie star, and one magical year.

In November of 1954 a young woman dressed plainly in a white oxford, dark sunglasses and a black pageboy wig boards a midnight flight from Los Angeles to New York. As the plane’s engines rev she breathes a sigh of relief, lights a cigarette and slips off her wig revealing a tangle of fluffy blonde curls. Marilyn Monroe was leaving Hollywood behind, and along with it a failed marriage and a frustrating career. She needed a break from the scrutiny and insanity of LA. She needed Manhattan.

In Manhattan, the most famous woman in the world can wander the streets unbothered, spend hours at the Met getting lost in art, and afternoons buried in the stacks of the Strand. Marilyn begins to live a life of the mind in New York; she dates Arthur Miller, dances with Truman Capote and drinks with Carson McCullers. Even though she had never lived there before, in New York, Marilyn is home.

In Elizabeth Winder's Marilyn in Manhattan, the iconic blonde bombshell is not only happy, but successful. She breaks her contract with Fox Studios to form her own production company, a groundbreaking move that makes her the highest paid actress in history and revolutionizes the entertainment industry. A true love letter to Marilyn, and a joyous portrait of a city bursting with life and art, Marilyn in Manhattan is a beautifully written, lively look at two American treasures: New York and Marilyn Monroe, and sheds new light on one of our most enduring icons.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781250064981
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Publication date: 03/13/2018
Pages: 304
Sales rank: 884,835
Product dimensions: 5.80(w) x 9.60(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Elizabeth Winder is the author of PAIN, PARTIES, WORK: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953. Her work has appeared in the Chicago Review, Antioch Review, American Letters, and other publications. She is a graduate of the College of William and Mary, and earned an MFA in creative writing from George Mason University.

Table of Contents

Cast of Characters ix

Preface xiii

1 Miss Lonelyhearts 1

2 The Fugitive 25

3 Blonde on (Subdued) Blonde 43

4 Liquor, Literati, Lee Strasberg 59

5 Infatuation 69

6 Flesh Impact 83

7 Ingenue 97

8 The Strasbergs 115

9 In Bloom 129

10 Shangri-la 147

11 Fire Island 163

12 In the Bulrushes 175

13 Sutton Place 193

14 Baby Doll 209

15 Cherie 225

16 Stars 235

17 The Return 251

18 Mazzie 261

Epilogue 273

Notes 275

Bibliography 281

Acknowledgments 285

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