Sakol and Latham's "notebook", on the late Princess Grace of Monaco, is a fun checklist of the events that occured in Grace Kelly's remarkable life. The subjects revolving around and occuring in Grace's life are alphabetized, and rare pictures of the Hollywood Queen are a fun addition. "Did you know-s?..." spice the book up and add to its appeal. Overall it is a very appealing and stylish little trifle.

This book contains modeling and cheese cake photos by the famous hollywood joseph jasgur. The photos were taken just before norma jeane changed her name to marilyn monroe and signed her first movie contract. Many of the photos are black and white but tehre is also a few color photos. The photos were taken on 4 different occassions in the city and at zuma beach. Accompaning the photos is a biography by jeannie sakol, which also includes famous quotes by marilyn and rememberances of her by friends family coworkers and fellow celebrities. also interwoven in to the biography is a interview with Mr. Jasgur about his memories of meeting and working with norma jeane. a few of the photos were published before but never in this quality and together after being forgotten for over 15 years. NO MARILYN FAN SHOULD BE WITHOUT THIS BOOK.

Oh, how many times did I read this in the early 90s?? Although there's almost every Married Man-Single Girl (using the term "girl" advisedly) cliche going on here, this is one guilty pleasure of a book. It explores, in diary form, the inner lives of those involved in a doomed affair between Liza, a massively insecure, career-obsessed Yuppie & Dan, a supposedly straight-up guy with a frigid-ish wife, 2 pre-adolescent girls & an inability to commit to much of anything. The setting: Upper-crust Manhattan, late '80s. The characters: Way too clueless & soulless & easy on themselves for comfort. Though Maggie, Dan's wife, is portrayed as the put-upon victim, no one comes off well. Certainly not Liza who I THINK the author is trying to present empathetically, but who I found to be self-serving & irritating beyond belief. Still...the writing is breezy & on target, the situations involving (if predictable). This is a fast, memorable read about a bunch of indulged people who cut themselves way too much slack.