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The day Jackie Kennedy told Marilyn Monroe: 'You'll marry Jack, move into the White House. I'll move out and you'll have all the problems'... A spellbinding new account of the star's final days by bestselling thriller writer
Alone in her bedroom, Jackie's phone rings and she recognises the voice of the woman who's looking to take her place. She has heard that Marilyn's a bit troubled, so she keeps it light.
She has been committed to the mental institution by her psychiatrist Dr Marianne Kris who, after her patient has come to her 47 times in a matter of months, has concluded she is not only exhausted and prone to overdosing on hard drugs but suicidal because of her chaotic emotional life. At the point of being admitted to the Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic in New York, Marilyn Monroe has set her sights on Jack Kennedy, recently inaugurated as soon-to-be US President, and is conducting a clandestine affair with him Meanwhile, Marilyn is pulling out all the stops, getting her costume designer to create a dress in a sheer souffle fabric the same colour as her skin, and hand-sewn with thousands of rhinestones that will make her appear as if she is covered in shimmering stars.
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