Showing results for "Marilyn" in Literary Fiction

‘A beautifully woven page turner’ Heather Morris, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz A gripping and heartwrenching novel of damage and survival, grief and unexpected solace, Marilyn and Me is a fascinating – and timely – insight into an extraordinary time and place How do you translate...

A deeply compassionate portrait of a cosmopolitan group of friends—a glimpse of the volatility of life under totalitarian rule, from Egypt's most celebrated contemporary novelist. It is 1964 in Alexandria. Nasser has risen to power and, faced with the upheaval of his regime, many Alexandrians...

Dans une lettre destinée à sa sœur, la gouvernante de Marilyn Monroe s'interroge : « Est-ce moi qui l'ai tuée ? » Rien ne prédestinait Eunice Murray, issue d'une famille très pieuse de Chicago, à côtoyer la plus grande star hollywoodienne de tous les temps. Pourtant, à l'aube de ses soixante ans, après avoir traversé une vie d'errance et de deuils, la chance semble enfin lui sourire quand elle entre au service de Marilyn. Dans l'intimité de l'hacienda d'Helena Drive, les deux femmes s'apprivoisent.

After four marriages and numerous affairs, famed author Hermione Beldame doesn't expect real life to play out like her bestselling romance novels. So she's stunned when she meets George Johnson at a party and the Louisville journalist sweeps her off her feet. The handsome, seductive younger man is the epitome of southern charm. Suddenly, Hermione, who never believed in happily-ever-after, is passionately, obsessively in love.