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y woven page turner Heather Morris, author of The Tattooist of AuschwitzA gripping and heartwrenching novel of damage and survival, grief and unexpected solace, Marilyn and Me is a fascinating and timely insight into an extraordinary time and placeHow do you translate the present, when you can't let go of thepast?It is the winter of 1954 and in the rubble-strewn aftermath of the Korean war Marilyn Monroe has come to Seoul to perform to the US soldiers stationed there. Incongruous in her silk dress and flawless makeup, she sings of seduction and love, dazzling battle-scarred Americans and Koreans alike.Alice, the woman chosen to be Marilyns translator, was once Kim Ae-sun, before her name was stolen from her along with so much else by the war. With her prematurely grey hair, her fraying lace gloves and the memories that will engulf her if she lets them, Alice works as a typist for the US military. It is a job that has enabled her to survive, and to forget.As they travel across the country, over the four days of Marilyns tour, the two women begin to form an unlikely friendship. But when Alice becomes embroiled in a sting operation involving the entrapment of a Communist spy she is forced to confront the past she has been trying so hard to escape.

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Contemporary Fiction

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Paperback

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Literature Fiction, Contemporary Fiction Book is recommended for Students, Teachers, Graduates, Professionals, and all bibliophiles

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