Fragments

Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters

By: Marilyn Monroe, Bernard Comment - editor

Narrated by: Isabel Keating

Fragments is an event—an unforgettable book that will redefine one of the greatest icons of the twentieth century and that, nearly fifty years after her death, will definitively reveal Marilyn Monroe's humanity.

Marilyn's image is so universal that we can't help but believe we know all there is to know of her. Every word and gesture made headlines and garnered controversy. Her serious gifts as an actor were sometimes eclipsed by her notoriety—and by the way the camera fell helplessly in love with her.

Beyond the headlines—and the too-familiar stories of heartbreak and desolation—was a woman far more curious, searching, witty, and hopeful than the one the world got to know. Now, for the first time, readers can meet the private Marilyn and understand her in a way we never have before. Fragments is an unprecedented collection of written artifacts—notes to herself, letters, even poems—in Marilyn's own handwriting, never before published, along with rarely seen intimate photos.

Jotted in notebooks, typed on paper, or written on hotel letterhead, these texts reveal a woman who loved deeply and strove to perfect her craft. They show a Marilyn Monroe unsparing in her analysis of her own life, but also playful, funny, and impossibly charming. The easy grace and deceptive lightness that made her performances indelible emerge on the page, as does the simmering tragedy that made her last appearances so affecting.

Critic reviews

<p>“There is delight in this picture of the icon as more sincere, striving, intellectually ambitious, and perceptive than we'd ever have guessed.” —<i>Publishers Weekly</i><br><br>“Sentences trail across the page, then merge in clumps, like paper airplanes tossed into a net; multiple cross-outs, repetitions and misspellings make them a challenge to decipher. Nonetheless, a certain potency resides in their runic quality…Passionate decoders of the Monroe legacy will have a field day..” —<i>The New York Times</i></p>

Further Humanizing Marilyn Monroe.

I found this audiobook quite enlightening. I read everything I can on Marilyn Monroe and an effort to figure out what she was really like. This gives one great insight into her personality, her mindset, the complexity of her struggles and some of her daily life activities. I recommend it to those who study Marilyn Monroe and to those who simply enjoy her Legend.

in Her Own Words

Listening to this complete yet small collection of private thoughts written down by Marilyn herself reminds me in many ways of my mother who was also born in June. The turn of a phase. The psychological constant analysis of others and awareness of self. These notes give a glimpse into the Marilyn few understood.

wonderful narration

it was easy to listen to and the narration was great sounding just like Marilyn. For people who don't know her story in great depth they probably won't understand some of the things she was saying but I know everything she was talking about.

HORRIBLE NARRATION!!!!!!!

I love the book and I love learning more intricate details about Marilyn, but I. COULD NOT make it through the whole book, The narration is the WORST Ive heard on any audible. She is so bad that I stopped the book at chapter 5 and went and bought the book to read myself.