Michelle Morgan reviews ‘The Mmm Girl’
16 Wednesday Apr 2008
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16 Wednesday Apr 2008
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15 Tuesday Apr 2008
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“With her enchanting novel, The Mmm Girl, Tara Hanks has placed herself in Marilyn’s dinky stillettos to give her the voice that she was so often denied in life …in her bright, colourful style, Hanks retells Marilyn’s story with tender empathy and imaginative flair.” — Mad About Marilyn, March 2008
An interview with me appears in the latest issue of the Mad About Marilyn fanzine, out now. The magazine also includes vintage articles and up-to-date news. For more info and details on how to join, go here
31 Monday Mar 2008
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I have been interviewed on the wonderful My Marilyn podcast, regarding my new novel, The Mmm Girl. I’ve added a link with details of how to listen, and you will hear my distinctive London accent at 15:48 minutes into the latest show!
27 Thursday Mar 2008
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Veteran Hollywood actor Richard Widmark has died aged 93. A former teacher, he found fame playing the bad guy in Kiss Of Death, and went on to appear in classics of the ‘film noir’ genre such as Pickup On South Street, Judgement At Nuremberg, and Don’t Bother To Knock with Marilyn Monroe. Continue reading
24 Sunday Feb 2008
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Marilyn by Eve Arnold, 1955
“A brilliant, believable read…a weird and wonderful look into Marilyn Monroe’s life, from her childhood in foster homes and orphanages to her many marriages and relationships and her eventual death…though her fame certainly adds something, this would have been a really interesting read even if she wasn’t a well known name…inspiring and entertaining…a proper, engaging story that is a really fun and educational read. I learnt a lot, not just of the actress’s love for pills and booze but also about the politics of the day, but at the same time it didn’t seem at all like a history lesson.”
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