Marilyn constantly told Lena she was jealous of the poor maid's "normal" life, a good husband, beautiful young children. Marilyn admitted that she got to modeling and then acting the old-fashioned way -- prostitution. "Singers, actors, prostitutes. What's the difference? It's all rotten."

While Marilyn Monroe was making so much money just being beautiful and funny in movies, what she really wanted was to be taken seriously. She just could never get serious roles.

Her political attachments to people such as Frank Sinatra and the Kennedy boys (JFK and Bobbie) led some actors, such as Tony Curtis, to make the comment: "Kissing her was like kissing Hitler."

Lena tells all, in a very fast-reading way. One interesting note is that Marilyn liked to hang around her apartment absolutely nude. And when she went anywhere -- she never wore a bra and panties. This led to a hilarious remark by Marilyn about how much more shocking that famous photo of her in a movie standing over a vent that blows her white dress up and shows her panties would have been had she been dressed normally!

Marilyn's death was a true shocker to Lena, which makes other researchers' belief that Marilyn was murdered ring true. Lena had seen Marilyn take her plethora of sleeping pills with alcohol, etc. Lena had been there when Marilyn almost overdosed in a desperation to sleep. But at the time of her death, Marilyn was happy, not having to use medication to sleep and was going strong in her career. Anyone interested in Marilyn Monroe should find this book, as it's priceless!