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There was a pretty <\/span>interesting article at Slate.com yesterday<\/a> about Marilyn Monroe. Simon Doonan has written a book called Gay Men Don\u2019t Get Fat<\/i>, and this excerpt is published at Slate. In it Simon tells about being the designer hired to put Marilyn\u2019s personal estate on display for Christie\u2019s auction house. Doonan is a pretty good writer \u2013 funny, too. He discloses a couple of surprising revelations about the world\u2019s most iconic sex-pot which I would have never guessed.<\/span>

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First, she was not materialistic. Most of her possessions \u2013 of which there were few \u2013 were simple and modest. She didn\u2019t have expensive art or a lavish wardrobe. What clothes she had were nice, but very well worn. But the biggest revelation was that of the stuff she did have, it seems her most prized possessions were her books. Doonan believes that Marilyn was conscious of not been taken seriously, and so became a motivated reader and life-long learner. He writes, \u201cHer poignant desire to cultivate her mind and give herself an education resulted in an extensive library of first editions. Take that, Carrie Bradshaw!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


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You never know \u2013 book lovers \u2013 who you might share this passions with. Gives a new meaning to \u201cnever judge a book by its cover.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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