A review by shannanhicks
Beauty Mark: A Verse Novel of Marilyn Monroe by Carole Boston Weatherford

I've never really thought much about Marilyn Monroe past her movie star image. This well-researched and lyrically written book in verse gave an insight to a woman who is a beauty standard in the world. But she was so much more. Ms. Weatherford has done a fantastic job with this novel in verse. I have only ever read her picture books, but the audience for this book is definitely YA or above. What an intimate portrait of a woman who was an icon. But more importantly, as we see in the book, she was also a very layered person.