06 Tuesday Mar 2012
The House on Paradise Street is a wonderful new novel by Sofka Zinovieff, looking at love, politics and war in Greece, past and present, through the contrasting viewpoints of two women from the same Athenian family. You can read my review at For Books’ Sake.
06 Tuesday Mar 2012
Posted in Film, Marilyn Monroe
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Ava Gardner, Charles Laughton, Frank Sinatra, George Cukor, Howard Hughes, Jack Cardiff, Joe Mankiewicz, John F. Kennedy, John Huston, Joyce Carol Oates, Marilyn Monroe, Mickey Rooney, Peter Evans
Milton Greene, 1953
A brunette and a blonde, born four years apart and raised in Depression era America: both found fame in post-war Hollywood, where their mythic beauty inspired directors, lovers and poets. Continue reading
24 Friday Feb 2012
Posted in Books, Madonna, Music, Non-Fiction
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My review of Madonna & Me: Women Writers on the Queen of Pop, a new anthology from Soft Skull Press, is published today at For Books’ Sake
20 Monday Feb 2012
You can read my profile of author Carson McCullers – born on February 19, 1917 – at For Books’ Sake
19 Sunday Feb 2012
Posted in Books, Fiction, Periodicals
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My review of Michel Schneider’s psychological novel, Marilyn’s Last Sessions (originally posted here) features in the latest Mad About Marilyn fanzine, alongside a vintage Tatler article about the young Norma Jeane, and an interview with Jay Margolis, author of the investigative study, Marilyn Monroe: A Case For Murder.
If you’re interested in joining the Mad About Marilyn fanclub, please contact emmadowning@blueyonder.co.uk
Tara Hanks 
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