Like Venus Fading - Marsha Hunt

Have you ever been mislead by the blurb on the back of the book and the book was different to what you expected. I was with “Like Venus Fading” by Marsha Hunt, former model, singer and lover of Mick Jagger The blurb says the book is about Irene O’Brien, a fictional black Marilyn Monroe who cheats death in 1965 after an accidental overdose to change her identity and live in relative obscurity. The book is based around the “fictional” Irene O Brien recalling her memories of the different stages and personas of her life. On the face of it I found the book very interesting but very depressing. The book is a rags to riches and back to rags tale about ...  Read the complete review