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- They were an unlikely pair--a blond bombshell and a photographer determined to be taken seriously--but Marilyn Monroe and Eve Arnold would make a deal that would change their lives in this dazzling new novel from the national bestselling author of Mrs. Poe and The Woman with the Cure.
- About the Author: Lynn Cullen grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and is the bestselling author of The Woman with the Cure, The Sisters of Summit Avenue, Twain's End, and Mrs. Poe, which was named an NPR 2013 Great Read and an Indie Next List selection.
- 448 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Historical
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Book Synopsis
They were an unlikely pair--a blond bombshell and a photographer determined to be taken seriously--but Marilyn Monroe and Eve Arnold would make a deal that would change their lives in this dazzling new novel from the national bestselling author of Mrs. Poe and The Woman with the Cure. In 1952, Norma Jeane Baker follows documentary photographer Eve Arnold into a powder room on the night they first meet. She has a proposition for her. Norma Jeane created Marilyn Monroe to be photographed, and she wants Eve to do it. Eve is better than anyone she's seen at capturing a person's inner truth. Together they can help each other. Together, she says, they can make something brilliant. Skeptical of this cipher of a young woman, Eve demurs. She's looking for more serious subjects than this ambitious starlet. But she keeps getting drawn back into Marilyn's orbit, and the women come to recognize something in each other--something fundamental. Nothing will get in the way of what they want, and when Marilyn's star takes off to teetering heights, neither will ever be the same. A lavish and transporting novel, When We Were Brilliant captures the halcyon days of an icon and the grit of women determining their own futures as it explores the exceptional and complicated friendship between Marilyn Monroe and Eve Arnold.About the Author
Lynn Cullen grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and is the bestselling author of The Woman with the Cure, The Sisters of Summit Avenue, Twain's End, and Mrs. Poe, which was named an NPR 2013 Great Read and an Indie Next List selection. She lives in Atlanta with her husband, their dog, and two unscrupulous cats.Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x 1.13 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.39 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 448
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Historical
Publisher: Berkley Books
Theme: 20th Century, General
Format: Hardcover
Author: Lynn Cullen
Language: English
Street Date: January 20, 2026
TCIN: 1003381444
UPC: 9780593815854
Item Number (DPCI): 247-49-2685
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship weight: 1.39 pounds
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