Marilyn: A Great Woman's Struggles: Who Killed Her and Why. The Psychiatric Biography

Marilyn Monroe is the most famous woman of the past century, the most photographed, and a sexuality icon—the sex goddess. She had a childhood of horrendous emotional deprivation and neglect. She always wanted to be a movie star—a great one. And, she attained it by age 30. She died prematurely at age 36 from an overdose of prescribed medication. Why? Who was the killer? Why did she fall fatally into his hands? Was she mentally ill? This book gives authoritative answers for the fi rst time ever: • Psychiatric analysis of Marilyn’s 16 personality and mental illnesses • The ways she struggled with mental illness to survive and excel as an actress • How her mental disorders played into the hands of incompetent doctors • How the treating psychoanalyst’s mental illness led to her death • Who the killer was and why he did it