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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.45028092
EAN: 9781416950738
ISBN: 1416950737
Label: Simon Spotlight
Manufacturer: Simon Spotlight
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: March 11, 2008
Publisher: Simon Spotlight
Sales Rank: 294
Studio: Simon Spotlight
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She was television's most famous virgin -- and, as Aaron Spelling's daughter, arguably its most famous case of nepotism. Portraying Donna Martin on Beverly Hills, 90210, Tori Spelling became one of the most recognizable young actresses of her generation, with a not-so-private personal life every bit as fascinating as her character's exploits. Yet years later the name Tori Spelling too often closed -- and sometimes slammed -- the same doors it had opened.
sTORI telling is Tori's chance to finally tell her side of the tabloid-worthy life she's led, and she talks about it all: her decadent childhood birthday parties, her nose job, her fairy-tale wedding to the wrong man, her so-called feud with her mother. Tori has already revealed her flair for brilliant, self-effacing satire on her VH1 show So NoTORIous and Oxygen's Tori & Dean: Inn Love, but her memoir goes deeper, into the real life behind the rumors: her complicated relationship with her parents; her struggles as an actress after 90210; her accident-prone love life; and, ultimately, her quest to define herself on her own terms.
From her over-the-top first wedding to finding new love to her much-publicized -- and misunderstood -- "disinheritance," sTORI telling is a juicy, eye-opening, enthralling look at what it really means to be Tori Spelling.
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She was television's most famous virgin--and, as Aaron Spelling's daughter, arguably its most famous case of nepotism. Portraying Donna Martin on Beverly Hills, 90210, Tori Spelling became one of the most recognizable young actresses of her generation, with a not-so-private personal life every bit as fascinating as her character's exploits. Yet years later the name Tori Spelling too often closed--and sometimes slammed--the same doors it had opened.
sTORI Telling is Tori's chance to finally tell her side of the tabloid-worthy life she's led, and she talks about it all: her decadent childhood birthday parties, her nose job, her fairy-tale wedding to the wrong man, her so-called feud with her mother. Tori has already revealed her flair for brilliant, self-effacing satire on her VH1 show So NoTORIous and Oxygen's Tori & Dean: Inn Love, but her memoir goes deeper, into the real life behind the rumors: her complicated relationship with her parents; her struggles as an actress after 90210; her accident-prone love life; and, ultimately, her quest to define herself on her own terms.
From her over-the-top first wedding to finding new love to her much-publicized--and misunderstood--"disinheritance," sTORI Telling is a juicy, eye-opening, enthralling look at what it really means to be Tori Spelling.
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A Bonus Story and Family Photo from Tori Spelling
The Manor
 People are always asking about my parents' mansion, which they called the "Manor," but I don't really spend much time talking about it in sTORI Telling because I didn't grow up there. After demolishing Bing Crosby's former estate in Holmby Hills, a fancy neighborhood in west L.A., they spent six years building the Manor. It's about 46,000 square feet (slightly over an acre) and has 123 rooms. Not that I counted or measured. I got those figures from the press, just like everyone else.
Anyway, we moved in when I was seventeen and I only lived there for two years. In some ways the house is like a normal house, but everything is on a bigger scale. It has four floors: the basement (which we call the "Lower Level," probably because that's its designation on the elevator) and the first, second, and third floors. The first floor has a kitchen, a breakfast room, a dining room, an office, a family room, a living room, and a projection room. There's a grand foyer with sweeping staircases on each side. Oh, and there's also a guards' room and the staff dining room. Everyone except fancy guests comes through the service entrance into a hallway with the guards' room and the kitchen.
The kitchen is gigantic, and my fondest memory of it is from when I was twenty-one and had just moved back in after splitting up with a boyfriend. I came home drunk with some girlfriends, and we pillaged the two double-sized Sub-Zero refrigerators. There was always bulk food in there for the staff. We pulled out a big vat of chicken salad and a tub of peanut dressing, both of which looked like they'd been made for giants. Somewhere in the middle of our feast we decided to have a food fight, and the five of us started flinging food at each other. Soon we were covered in peanut dressing from head to toe and the pristine kitchen was a mess. Then we heard a ding, the elevator doors opened, and there was my mother.
She stared at us in silent disbelief. I said, "We're going to clean it up!" She just said, "Mmm hmm," and left the room. I felt a surge of love for her in that moment. It took us hours to clean the kitchen, but it was worth it. That moment made it feel, for once, like home. --Tori Spelling
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This was a great book, I was very impressed. I finished reading just two days after I received it in the mail, I just couldn't put it down! I was also very surprised the book was so cheap.
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Using the same format that a majority of other Tori Spelling reviewers have taken: surprisingly, this book came across as a very fun read!
Tori paints the picture of her life in a very simple and honest way, adopting some of the humor from her short-lived sitcom "so noTORIous". It's easy to see that she's rehearsed these stories at length with friends, and they flow across the page with wickedly fun glee. Some autobiographies become lost in the minute details of unestablished characters, ... Read More
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This book is very well written and pulled me into her world! I loved reading about her childhood and how she is now. She's completely down to earth and normal!
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I was so excited to of recieved the book in the mail. Not knowing that my husband had purchased it for me. He knows that I am a big fan of Tori Spelling. I just want to say that it is a good book to read. You will find out all about her life as a child and as she grew up. There are so many things that know one knew about her or her family, that she is telling. I recommende everyone purchase a book.
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This is a great book for the Tori fans!!! YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED!! She did an amazing job with this book. I can't wait to read her next one. This book really goes thru a nice time line of her life. She added 2 sections with pictures of her and family, friends (past and present). This really brings out her loving, caring, & hilarious personality. I think a lot of ppl really misjudge her. She has had a lot of scrutiny from the press- a lot of unfairness as well. Along with her tv series, you can ... Read More
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