The heartbreaking tale of a little girl who never really grew up, searching for the love denied her by an absent father in a series of unsuitable husbands and lovers. The author switches between first and third person narrative as she charts Norma Jean's rise and ultimate fall - a convincing and clever technique. Don't let the size of this book put you off; it's big in every sense of the word. It's also interesting trying to guess the identities of the 'real' people she identifies only with a letter or a title.