"Before she was Marilyn Monroe-Hollywood icon, blond bombshell, and easily one of the most recognizable faces of the twentieth century-she was Norma Jeane, a young woman whose early life was filled with traumatic experiences: foster homes, loneliness, sexual abuse, and teen marriage. Despite all she overcame, her hard-won, meteoric rise to stardom was besieged by exploitation, pill dependency, and depression, eventually culminating her tragic death at the age of thirty-six."--book jacket.

Ages 15-17

Grades 10-12