The Secret Letters: Of Marilyn Monroe and Jacqueline Kennedy

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Macmillan, 2004 - Fiction - 288 pages
The Secret Letters is a thrilling, compulsive novel with a unique premise: What if Marilyn Monroe and Jackie Kennedy---the two most iconic women of our time---had met and begun a secret correspondence?

A compelling page-turner set against the glittering backdrop of Hollywood and Washington during the 1950s and 1960s, The Secret Letters presents Marilyn and Jackie as you have never seen them before. As the story unfolds, we discover the two legends, the wife and the mistress, as friends and enemies, both in love with the same man---Jack Kennedy.

Author Wendy Leigh has created a daring concept and delivers it in fascinating detail. Each letter is rich with factual research on both women, the turbulent era in which they lived and loved, and the people who touched their lives.

A dazzling tour de force of empathy and imagination, The Secret Letters is a hypnotic read.
 

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Wendy Leigh was born on September 13, 1950. She was the author of more than 15 books including Bowie, Prince Charming: The John F. Kennedy Jr. Story, and The Secret Letters of Marilyn Monroe and Jacqueline Kennedy. She was the co-author of Life with My Sister Madonna, Jeannie Out of the Bottle, and Shirley Jones. She also wrote a popular erotica series entitled Unraveled. She died on May 29, 2016 after falling from the balcony of her London apartment at the age of 65.

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