She Wanted to Set the Record Straight
In the 1994 memoir co-written by Berniece Baker Miracle and her daughter, Mona Rae Miracle, Mona writes, “I had developed my [writing] career without reference to Marilyn; in fact, once I finished school, I never told anyone about my connection to our famous relative. I wanted to be judged on my own merits, so I wasn’t eager to link my career to Marilyn. But Mother wanted to set the record straight.”