Dear Marilyn. The Unseen Letters and Photographs

A memoir of Marilyn Monroe by her friend Sam Shaw. "This is a Marilyn story. The Marilyn I knew. The many faces of Marilyn... Her independence. Her search for herself. She enjoyed life to the hilt." Sam Shaw. Dear Marilyn is at once a memoir and a tribute by photographer and filmmaker Sam Shaw - a long-time confidant who knew Marilyn Monroe not as an icon, but as a cherished friend and artist in her own right.
Featuring previously unpublished photos, letters and memorabilia. Dear Marilyn illuminates, with respect and affection, the funny and complicated soul behind the Hollywood persona. Told through Sam Shaw's journals and his Letters to Marilyn, this intimate portrait offers an Insider's view of a young actress's rise to stardom and her quest for authenticity and artistic freedom. Here, in word and Image.
we rediscover Marilyn Monroe - above and beyond the legend - at her most personal, spontaneous and radiant.