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title: "Astrid FranseBefore Marilyn: The Blue Book Modeling Years"
brand: "astrid fransemichelle morgan"
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reviews_count: 13
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# Astrid FranseBefore Marilyn: The Blue Book Modeling Years

**Brand:** astrid fransemichelle morgan
**Price:** € 77.48
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- **What is this?** Astrid FranseBefore Marilyn: The Blue Book Modeling Years by astrid fransemichelle morgan
- **How much does it cost?** € 77.48 with free shipping
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Astrid FranseBefore Marilyn: The Blue Book Modeling Years

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## Customer Reviews

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    Allow me to congratulate authors Astrid Franse and Michelle Morgan ...
  

*by D***N on Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2016*

Allow me to congratulate authors Astrid Franse and Michelle Morgan for avoiding all the sensationalist traps and the invalid application of supposition and assumption while also avoiding the psychobabble that afflicts many of the books written about Norma Jeane and Marilyn. The word "affair" only appears in the text twice, the word "sex" only once—and not in relation to the actual act thereof—while the words "romance" and "lover", along with "psychology", are completely absent. Refreshing to say the least.For various and sundry reasons, lately I have read more than a few books about Marilyn's death; and BEFORE MARILYN: THE BLUE BOOK MODELING YEARS was a pleasant and refreshing  respite from those odd and grotesque accounts of a mystery that will never be solved. However, BEFORE MARILYN solves one mystery: Emmeline Snively launched Norma Jeane's career and by extension, the career of Marilyn Monroe.As Emmeline wrote in one of her journals: "The days of the glamour girl are fading … The trees on the Tujunga River were washed away in the floods a few years ago and as one looks at the changes today, you can still look back to the girl who became a legend (Franse & Morgan KE:8)." And because of Astrid Franse and Michelle Morgan, and their book about the girl before Marilyn, you can now look back to the woman who helped create that legend: Emmeline Snively. A book definitely worth reading.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Breathtaking.
  

*by J***E on Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2015*

What, only 5 stars?  Need a lot more to express my love for this book.  Thank you Miss Emmeline Snively for giving a young Norma Jeane a chance for fame and fortune.  And thanks for holding on to all those photos and notes and memos.  And special thanks to Astrid Franse for making the find of the century in that store that day and for holding on to everything in order to share with all us fans now.  Michelle Morgan does a fine putting together all this material and getting this book published.  There are scores of color and black and white photos not seen by this long time collector before. Sprinkled throughout the book are many photos you may have seen before but they are appropriately placed in the timeline of Marilyn's career.  This book covers the modeling years and beyond with notes by Miss Snively made after Marilyn's modelling years.  I highly recommend this book to Marilyn fans and aspiring models.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Marilyn Monroe modeling years
  

*by L***S on Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2020*

I always wanted this book due to her modeling career.  Very excited reading it.  Thank you.

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