TY - BOOK AU - Banner,Lois W. TI - Marilyn: the passion and the paradox T2 - Bloomsbury lives of women SN - 9781408831335 (pbk.) : AV - PN2287.M69 U1 - 791.43028092 23 PY - 2013/// CY - London PB - Bloomsbury KW - Monroe, Marilyn, KW - Motion picture actors and actresses KW - United States KW - Biography KW - ukslc N1 - Originally published: 2012; Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - Marilyn Monroe was rooted in paradox: she was a powerful star and a childlike waif; a joyful, irreverent party girl with a deeply spiritual side; a superb friend and a narcissist; a dumb blonde and an intellectual. No previous biographer has recognised most of these aspects of her personality. Lois Banner has ER -