One of America€s most acclaimed novelists boldly re-imagines one of America€s most enduring icons in Blonde€"the National Book Award-nominated bestseller by Joyce Carol Oates. The legend of Marilyn Monroe€"aka Norma Jeane Baker€"comes provocatively alive in this powerful tale of Hollywood myth and heartbreaking reality. Marilyn Monroe lives€"reborn to tell her untold history; her story of a star created to shine brightest in the Hollywood firmament before her fall to earth. Blonde is a dazzling fictional portrait of the intricate inner life of the idolized and desired movie star as only the inimitable Joyce Carol Oates could paint it.