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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.45028092
EAN: 9781416950738
Edition: 1st Simon Spotlight Entertainment Hardcover Ed
ISBN: 1416950737
Label: Simon Spotlight
Manufacturer: Simon Spotlight
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: March 11, 2008
Publisher: Simon Spotlight
Studio: Simon Spotlight
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Book Description:
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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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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I already loved Tori, I'll admit it. But her honesty in telling her life stories, even when they didn't always show her in the best light, made me respect her more than ever. The 90210 gossip was priceless, of course, but my favorite part was reading about the development of her relationship with Dean. It was a fun and touching read. Can't wait for Mommywood!
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I never thought I would want to read a book like this, but after seeing Tori's reality show (yes I got sucked into that too) I wanted to read it and it was a really great read...it gives a great peek into a life that you hear about via the media...but this was her perspective and helps one understand who she is now and how her life isn't at all what you would assume.
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This book was exactly what I was hoping it would be...full of details and lots of personal insights. I will read her next book! More 90210 gossip, please!
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I really Enjoyed this book Tori is funny and honest.She is a down to earth person which a lot of other celebrties should take a cue from her.Tori is a strong independent woman she may have a famous father but she has proven she can get things done on her own and in her own terms.She has struggled with her relationship with her mother and has learned from this relastionship not what to do with her own children.This book I have recommened to all my friends and family and thjey all loved it and so will you enjoy
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This book by Tori Spelling was absolutley fantastic I read the whole thing in less then 6 hours. It was uplifting, funny and at times a bit sad. It really gave me a chance to know not just the actress that Tori is but her as a person and what a wonderful person she is. This book is a **** (four star) in my book anytime:-)
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