title: Before Marilyn: The Blue Book Modeling Years
author: Astrid Franse
description: "The images of innocence and loveliness among these 200 photographs can break your heart if youve got one." <i>The Buffalo News</i>
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  # Collided
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Lauren Asher
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2020 by Lauren Asher.
  
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  
  No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or
  mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without
  written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in
  a book review.
  
  
  This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, organizations, places,
  events, and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or are
  used fictitiously.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  COLLIDED
  
  
  Editing: [Erica Russikoff](http://www.ericaedits.com/)
  
  
  Cover Model: [Josh Elton](https://www.instagram.com/josh.elton_/) @josh.elton_
  
  
  Cover Photography: [Michelle
  Lancaster](https://www.instagram.com/lanefotograf/) @lanefotograf
  
  
  Cover Designer: [Books and Moods](https://booksandmoods.com/)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Playlist](part0004.html#3Q280-cbb50f81956f4c6ba3