Flatiron BooksProduct Description
A city?? a movie star?? and one magical year.
In November of 1954 a young woman dressed plainly in a white oxford?? dark sunglasses and a black pageboy wig boards a midnight flight from Los Angeles to New York. As the plane??s engines rev she breathes a sigh of relief?? lights a cigarette and slips off her wig revealing a tangle of fluffy blonde curls. Marilyn Monroe was leaving Hollywood behind?? and along with it a failed marriage and a frustrating career. She needed a break from the scrutiny and insanity of LA. She needed Manhattan.
In Manhattan?? the most famous woman in the world can wande