Blonde (pgs 99-178)

Surprisingly, Norma Jeane is adopted, even being an older child at the orphanage by Elsie and Warren Pirig. Elsie starts to notice that Warren looks at Norma Jeane in a way that he used to look at her, and becomes very jealous. (whether he really looks at her that way, it's not clear) Elsie suggests to Norma Jeane that she needs to get married, but Norma Jeane isn't too keen on the idea at first. But Elsie then tells her she has to get married, and she has no choice! And so, Norma Jeane Baker marries Bucky Glazer. Norma Jeane couldn't be happier to be his wife. Cleaning the house and making him meals everyday fills her with joy. But Bucky starts to get annoyed with Norma Jeane, saying that she always wants to have sex (even though he clearly wanted it), and she acts childish. And so, he takes his frustration with her and makes her take some pictures for him. At first, they are just normal ones, but Norma Jeane comes alive in the camera. And she even lets him take some more scandalous pictures. All that Bucky can focus on now is the war. He can't wait to serve his country and fight! And he does go off to war, with the promise to return to Norma Jeane, but they both know it's over. And so, Norma Jeane moves into her own little apartment starting out in a new life.