Blonde: A Novel
<p class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">One of <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region>€s most acclaimed novelists boldly re-imagines one of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region>€s most enduring icons in <em>Blonde</em>€"the National Book Award-nominated bestseller by Joyce Carol Oates. The legend of Marilyn Monroe€"aka Norma Jeane Baker€"comes provocatively alive in this powerful tale of <st1:place w:st="on">Hollywood</st1:place> myth and heartbreaking reality. Marilyn Monroe lives€"reborn to tell her untold history; her story of a star created to shine brightest in the <st1:place w:st="on">Hollywood</st1:place> firmament before her fall to earth. <em>Blonde </em>is a dazzling fictional portrait of the intricate inner life of the idolized and desired movie star as only the inimitable Joyce Carol Oates could paint it.</p>