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Editorial Review:
Little known and long unavailable, this autobiography, written by actress and starlet Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962), describes her early adolescence, her rise in the film industry from bit player to celebrity, and her marriage to Joe DiMaggio. In this personal account of a very public life, she tells of her first (non-consensual) sexual experience, her romance with the Yankee Clipper, and her prescient vision of herself as the kind of girl they found dead in the hall bedroom with an empty bottle of sleeping pills in her hand.
My Story: Illustrated Edition Reviews:
Alright 
2009-09-22 - I was just slightly disappointed. This book was given to me as a gift so I didn't really know what I was going to be reading. I never really knew anything about Marilyn Monroe, but I was hoping I'd learn more than what I did. Though, I did find this a good book. And the pictures are outstanding.
I was hoping for more of a story about her life and reading the last page made me want to read more. This book only gave me pieces. I definitely will be looking for a (longer) book that will teach me about her life, from earlier on, up until her death and what lead to it. Hopefully there is one. And I'm sure there is.
I recommend this book, but I'd buy it used.
Not for Germans 
2009-08-09 - Those who are interested in the Milton Greene photographs should better look out for "Milton's Marilyn", which is much more elegant than this book. Those who are interested in Monroe's life should read Donald Spoto or Barbara Leaming. Those who are interested in the source of Monroe's legend should read this little book. What makes this edition readable is the foreword by Joshua Greene. Marilyn Monroe never agreed to the book's publication. Maybe she was not really happy with the result.
Monroe's Autobiography 
2009-06-10 - Provides remarkable, fresh insight into the pensive, vulnerable, real Marilyn behind the Monroe public persona. Written in collaboration with noted screen-play writer Ben Hecht. A must read for anyone interested in the amazing mid-20th-century phenonmenon that was Marilyn Monroe -- still celebrated widely on numerous magazine covers, 50 years after her death. My Story: Illustrated Edition
Great!
2009-03-19 - Great book! Always good to have the autobiography if your a fan! Very interesting to hear Marilyn's own words. I've always heard this book was ghostwritten, but even if so it was still great and full of facts. The ending is so surprising, so unfinished, just like Marilyn's life. I would call it a "must have" for any Monroe fan.
The Only Real Version Of Marilyn's Life!
2009-01-09 - Sad book, but a wonderful read if you want to know the real Marilyn Monroe. All other books about her pale in comparison. This book lets you know,unlike others, what a beautiful person she was on the inside. She has been dead for years, yet their has yet to be a woman to rival her beauty and fame. BUY THIS BOOK!
