From the Book - First U.S. edition.
Part I Matrix, 1926-1946 11 --
Chapter 1 Mothers, 1926-1933 13 --
Chapter 2 Trauma, 1933-1938 44 --
Chapter 3 Transcendence: Ana and Jim, 1938-1944 71 --
Chapter 4 Photographers and Producers, 1944-1946 98 --
Part II Hollywood, 1946-1955 127 --
Chapter 5 Storming the Citadel, 1946-1951 129 --
Chapter 6 Marilyn Ascending, 1951-1954 163 --
Chapter 7 Breakaway, 1954-1955 199 --
Part III Entr'acte: A Woman for All Seasons 235 --
Chapter 8 Meaning of Marilyn 237 --
Part IV New York, 1955-1960 271 --
Chapter 9 New York, 1955-1956 273 --
Chapter 10 Arthur, 1956-1959 304 --
Chapter 11 Misfits, 1959-1960 334 --
Part V Return to Hollywood, 1961-1962 365 --
Chapter 11 Denouement, 1961-1962 367 --
Chapter 13 Defiance and Death 396.
