The Misfits
This film, written as a gift for Marilyn Monroe by her husband Arthur Miller about a despairing divorcee was a case of art imitating life. Although their marriage ended just months after filming she remained an integral part of Miller’s work for the next 40 years. The genius and the goddess : Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe by Jeffrey Meyers covers their life together and interactions with Hollywood and the literary elite.
When Michael J. Fox became unwell no-one expected the diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease. Following on from his first memoir Lucky Man, his new book Always looking up : the adventures of an incurable optimist gives insight to a man who feels his glass is definitely half-full.
Daughters of shame by Jasvinder Sanghera are true stories about the lives of vulnerable women in many societies where they have no status and no say in their future. Sanghera has experienced this personally and works to aid these women, putting herself at risk so that others can live without fear.
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