Download or read book Hello Norma Jean written by Sue Dolleris and published by Savant Books and Publications. This book was released on 2010-12-20 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's the last day of July 1999. A few days before her 37th birthday, Kate Davis has a near death experience, and her guide back to life and recovery is Marilyn Monroe, who prefers to be called Norma Jean. During the next few days, an extraordinary relationship develops between Kate and Norma Jean, which transforms and heals them both. But every relationship has its risks, and every act its unintended consequences. Norma Jean's well-meaning efforts to help launch Kate on her new career path go terribly wrong, exposing Kate and her family to new, life-threatening dangers. BONUS SECTION INSIDE! “A Retrospective on the Life, Loves and Death of Marilyn Monroe.” A fascinating look at the real Marilyn Monroe, including quotes from those who knew her, and her own thoughts in her own words.
Download or read book Hello Norma Jeane written by Elisa Jordan and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-11-15 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Her unforgettable image is seared into the minds of fans everywhere, and her private life continues to inspire headlines and controversy, but Marilyn Monroe is one of the most famous—and misunderstood—women in the world and remains a mystery to most people. Hello, Norma Jeane cuts through the rumors and myths to present the real person behind the queen of movies and pop culture. From her chaotic childhood in Depression-era Los Angeles to her rise in the world of Hollywood and finally her untimely death—Hello, Norma Jeane explores the legendary star’s family history, connection to the movies from childhood, her personal life as an adult, and her interest in continually educating herself. Hello, Norma Jeane is compulsively readable—instead of chronological dates and dry accounts of events, there are chapters about specific aspects of her life and career. What did Marilyn like to eat? What types of books did she read? Was she really plus size? Did she nearly bring down a political empire? And how did she actually die? This book explores everything—and vividly brings to light the truth about the world’s greatest movie star.
Download or read book Norma Jeane Baker of Troy written by Anne Carson and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 2020-02-25 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anne Carson’s new work that reconsiders the stories of two iconic women—Marilyn Monroe and Helen of Troy—from their point of view Winner of the Governor General Award in Poetry Norma Jeane Baker of Troy is a meditation on the destabilizing and destructive power of beauty, drawing together Helen of Troy and Marilyn Monroe, twin avatars of female fascination separated by millennia but united in mythopoeic force. Norma Jeane Baker was staged in the spring of 2019 at The Shed’s Griffin Theater in New York, starring actor Ben Whishaw and soprano Renée Fleming and directed by Katie Mitchell.
Download or read book Marilyn August 1953 written by John Vachon and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accompanied by original essays and facsimiles of handwritten letters by Vachon, presents dozens of candid photographs taken by the "Look" magazine photographer of Marilyn Monroe in the Canadian Rockies in 1953.
Download or read book The Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy Casebook written by Arthur Becker-Weidman and published by Jason Aronson. This book was released on 2011-03-15 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains a detailed presentation and analysis of verbatim transcripts of actual Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy sessions and describes a comprehensive approach to treatment, Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, which is an evidence-based, effective, and empirically validated family based treatment. Therapists, social workers, residential treatment programs, psychologists, and child welfare professionals will find this book of immediate practical value. Professors teaching family therapy, child welfare, and child treatment courses will find the book a good adjunct text.
Download or read book Wilma Jean the Worry Machine written by Julia Cook and published by National Center for Youth Issues. This book was released on 2012-01-15 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "My stomach feels like it's tied up in a knot. My knees lock up, and my face feels hot. You know what I mean? I'm Wilma Jean, The Worry Machine." Anxiety is a subjective sense of worry, apprehension, and/or fear. It is considered to be the number one health problem in America. Although quite common, anxiety disorders in children are often misdiagnosed and overlooked. Everyone feels fear, worry and apprehension from time to time, but when these feelings prevent a person from doing what he/she wants and/or needs to do, anxiety becomes a disability. This fun and humorous book addresses the problem of anxiety in a way that relates to children of all ages. It offers creative strategies for parents and teachers to use that can lessen the severity of anxiety. The goal of the book is to give children the tools needed to feel more in control of their anxiety. For those worries that are not in anyone's control (i.e. the weather) a worry hat is introduced. A fun read for Wilmas of all ages! Includes a note to parents and educators with tips on dealing with an anxious child.
Download or read book Norma Jean written by Ted Jordan and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Norma Jean s Sun written by Kris Courtney and published by Kris Courtney. This book was released on 2009 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Norma Jean's Sun Memoir ( Based on a True Story ) "A Wonderful commentary on the very things that make us all human""Brave honesty of confession, makes the book unique""Touching story, full of hope"The story is not only convincingly true, but will rivet the reader with its genuine and unassuming pathos. It is this kind of brave honesty of confession and growing philosophy that makes the book unique.Miraculous tale of how a boy, born into unimaginable physical and emotional pain and destined to be a misfit, finds his way in a world of "others." Few could survive so many torturous years of surgical intervention and a ensuing lifelong struggle with drugs and alcohol addiction and come out ahead. This moving tale reveals not only the struggle and heartrending elements of generational lives "gone wrong," but also the love and growth of a human being overcoming the odds and determined to find a way to live life to the fullest. Based on a true story, the author's unapologetic prose prompts enduring ethical questions and makes a gripping, personal read.Norma Jean's Sun is painfully reflective yet ultimately hopeful, a story told through the eyes of a boy who believes he has been mistakenly born into the world and a man who conquers physical and emotional injustice--and thrives. The reader will be challenged to answer the difficult questions of right and wrong as they may apply to his or her own life. It is clear that it is the hope of this author that the reader's conclusions will lead to a more fulfilled view of the "parallel beauty that lives just beneath the surface for us all."
Download or read book Norma s Sun written by Kris Courtney and published by Kris Courtney / CreateSpace Independent Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-01 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adaptation of "Norma Jean's Sun" ISBN:978-0578020594 Includes Updated Content & Original Working Film Script True Story & Female Driven Narrative is about the life of Norma and her family history of struggle to become the Parent of a child with needs beyond any comprehension, only to find in the end an ending that will touch your core! Born into a life of isolation & pain with the graphic burden of surgical manipulation to function, walk & survive in a world of normalcy. The iconic image inspires still today and will present a platform for an audience into a never before filmed life inside a family struggling to accept reason! "Never in our silent moments of illusion do we sense the dark parallel that lives beside us. Nor do we suspect the carrier.""A Wonderful commentary on the very things that make us all human" "Brave honesty of confession, makes the book unique" "Touching story, full of hope" The story is not only convincingly true, but will rivet the reader with its genuine and unassuming pathos.“ This Adaptation of Norma Jean’s Sun is a memoir that came from the depths of one man’s struggle to become a predefined member of a social mold which was never cast.”A confinement that would later serve to encapsulate, isolate and establish a prototype of life not understood or sought by those watching. Blessing, punishment or choice is a position each is given and though not all will genesis into a full heart, most can adapt through perseverance. Yet in this episode, you will question on how or who provided the seed to a life of strife. Further, worth following… The story is described by reviewers as “Eloquent, stirring and emotional, inspirational to the courageous”
Download or read book Norma Jean Jumping Bean written by Joanna Cole and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1987-04-12 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illus. in full color. "Kangaroo child Norma Jean loves to jump. The problem is that her jumping gets out of hand, causing accidents and some ruffled feelings among her friends, and Norma stops her jumping entirely. But when the school's field-day games come up, Norma Jean is coaxed back into action long enough to win ribbons. Light, popular fare for beginning readers."--Booklist.
Download or read book Norma Jean 27 written by Ted Jordan and published by . This book was released on 1991-03-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Marilyn Revealed written by Ted Schwarz and published by Taylor Trade Publications. This book was released on 2008-10-16 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What made Norma Jean special was the quality she discovered when, bored with being a teenage bride with a husband in the Merchant Marine during World War II, she took her first and most enduring lover, the camera. At the age of 36, Marilyn Monroe died a Hollywood movie star and an American legend. Her rise to fame, however, had very little to do with her limited talents. Monroe infiltrated Hollywood, swarming with fake names and idealized careers, and pressed herself into its mold. Monroe's personal confessions, along with interviews with friends and contemporaries, reveal the truth behind this Hollywood icon.
Download or read book The Loons written by Sue Dolleris and published by Savant Books and Publications. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Con artist get conned into caring for seven cousins: At the funeral for her latest mark, a recently-deceased, mega-rich tycoon named Parker DeLune, con artist Christy find herself welcomed by his seven strange cousins, collectively called "The Loons." Celebrate the DeLune with Christy as she navigates their eccentricities while discovering that wily estate attorney are running their own scam. Christy soon finds herself fighting not only for The Loon, but also for a new life.
Download or read book Norma Jean who Changed Your Name written by Vale Benson and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Man s Supreme Inheritance written by Frederick Matthias Alexander and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Marilyn written by Gloria Steinem and published by M J F Books. This book was released on 1986 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this sensitive, provocative portrait of Marilyn Monroe, Gloria Steinem reveals the woman behind the myth--the child Norma Jean--and the forces in America that shaped her into the fantasy and icon that has never died. 16 pages of full-color photos.
Download or read book Norma Jean written by Gloria Steinem and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: