Ab irato. AB IRATO, civil law. A Latin phrase, which signifies by a man in anger. It is applied to bequests or gifts, which a man makes adverse to the interest of his heir, in consequence of anger or hatred against him. Thus a devise made under these circumstances is called a testament ab irato.
Marilyn Monroes first movie role was in The Shocking Miss Pilgrim.
Author Freeman structures her book as two parallel portraits of Norma Jean (Monroe's given name) and the larger than life glamour character Marilyn Monroe.