{"product_id":"when-we-were-brilliant-9780593815854","title":"When We Were Brilliant","description":"\u003cb\u003eThey were an unlikely pair--a blond bombshell and a photographer determined to be taken seriously--but Marilyn Monroe and Eve Arnold would make a deal that would change their lives in this dazzling new novel from the national bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eMrs. Poe\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Woman with the Cure.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1952, Norma Jeane Baker follows documentary photographer Eve Arnold into a powder room on the night they first meet. She has a proposition for her. Norma Jeane created Marilyn Monroe to be photographed, and she wants Eve to do it. Eve is better than anyone she's seen at revealing a person's inner truth. Together they can help each other. Together, she says, they can make something brilliant. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSkeptical of this cipher of a young woman, Eve demurs. She's looking for more serious subjects than this ambitious starlet. But she keeps getting drawn back into Marilyn's orbit, and the women come to recognize something in each other--something fundamental. Nothing will get in the way of what they want, and when Marilyn's star takes off to teetering heights, neither will ever be the same. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA lavish and transporting novel, \u003ci\u003eWhen We Were Brilliant\u003c\/i\u003e captures the halcyon days of an icon and the grit of women determining their own futures as it explores the exceptional and complicated friendship between Marilyn Monroe and Eve Arnold.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lynn Cullen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Berkley Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593815854\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2025 pg. 69\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLynn Cullen\u003c\/b\u003e's bestselling novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Woman with the Cure\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sisters of Summit Avenue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMrs\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ci\u003e Poe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Twain's End\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Creation of Eve, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Reign of Madness\u003c\/i\u003e, have been translated into seventeen languages and are the recipients of various honors, including NPR Great Read, Oprah.com Book of the Week, \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e magazine Book of the Week, Indie Next List selection, and \u003ci\u003eAtlanta \u003c\/i\u003emagazine Best Books of the Year. She lives in Atlanta.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Lynn Cullen \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47598671167645,"sku":"9780593815854","price":47.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_52b0d041-04cc-4b97-a318-1780bf6b13da.jpg?v=1769517537","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/when-we-were-brilliant-9780593815854","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}