“Lois Cahall brings her signature intelligence and wit to a timeless tale of a woman losing control of her own narrative amidst a media firestorm. What follows is a luminous novel about resilience, reinvention, and a whimsical ‘what-if’ journey.”

– Elizabeth Beller, New York Times bestseller of Once Upon a Time: The Captivating Life of Carolyn Bessette Kennedy

“There is a nostalgia...a Sinatra ring-a-ding-ding feel to Cahall’s novel seaming a delicate balance of past to present. It’s the love story we all would have wished for Marilyn Monroe.”

– Renee Rosen, Bestselling Author of Let’s Call Her Barbie

“A novel about a sweet and sad story: What if Marilyn Monroe ran away from Hollywood and lived a long life by the ocean among books and flowers?”

– Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of The Bird Watcher & The Deep End of the Ocean 

“Lois Cahall turns the mystery of Marilyn Monroe’s death into a thrilling page-turner that challenges all we believe about Hollywood’s most glamorous star and the power of glamour itself.”

– Jan Tuckwood, AARP contributing writer and author of the forthcoming Dressing Jackie

“Maybe Marilyn does for the ‘what-if’ genre what Marilyn Monroe did for movie starlets: she defines it. Before the #Metoo movement had a name, Marilyn embodied strength and sensuality. She paid a terrible price, but what if her suicide was faked? With a host of supporting characters, Cahall illustrates the stark differences between Hollywood and a quiet New England town, and asks the question: what must a woman do to rewrite the script she was given?”

– Christopher Shaw Myers, author of Robert Shaw: An Actor's Life on The Set of JAWS