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Joyce Carol Oates - Blonde
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This Blonde Doesn't Have Any Fun at All
When I was in graduate school, working on my MSW, I was assigned to work with a client who had been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. One day, she tried to tell me what her world was like.
?I feel as if every day I wake up in a new place,? she said. ?What I felt yesterday, I...
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Blonde
Blonde, by Joyce Carol Oates is a fictional look at Marilyn Monroe?s life. It is not a biography, it is a fiction novel based on the life of Marilyn Monroe. The book begins with Norma Jean Mortenson?s childhood, her life with her mentally unstable mother, and life in an orphanage, to her life in... Read full review »
Blonde- The Movie
I have not read Joyce Carol Oates' novel based on Marilyn Monroe's life story. It may be a good book. I am sure she is a good writer. My argument is against "Blonde" the CBS miniseries based upon this novel, of which I was only able to tolerate the first part. The miniseries aired May 13 and 16 and... Read full review »
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| Authors | Joyce Carol Oates | |
| Awards | 2000 National Book Award | |
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| Los Angeles Times Book Review: "Despite Oates' many disclaimers, the emergent portrayal is one of scorn for Marilyn Monroe. Without denying Oates' right to convey it, one may, with equal authority, assert one's indignation." | ||
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