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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: 14
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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Rating:  - Helps fill in the gaps from reality show
I have watched both seasons of her reality show. At times, I felt a little lost. This book bridges the gap between the tabloids and her reality show. Now that she set a background through the use of her book, her show makes complete sense to me. This book was very easy to read, and I sympathize with her ups and downs. I look forward to reading another book she writes.
Rating: - I REALLY ENJOYED!
I must say that I really enjoyed this book. It really gives a perspective on the other side of things. I wish the family well!
Rating:  - Watch the E True Hollywood story for free!!!!
Tori tries to come off as a regular girl like you and me crying about how she was jipped by getting a BMW for her 16th Bday instead of the VW rabbit she wanted- boo hoo! I wasn't buying the poor little rich girl routine what made it worse about how she trashes her mom and then gets upset about not having a relationship with her- I am no shrink but writing a tell all book about your mom is not the way to bridge the gap. She doesn't even dish any details about Dean and what happened with his ex or ... Read More
Rating:  - TORI IS GENUINE
Tori has grown on me since watching all her TV reality shows, starting with the bed and breakfast series. TorI Spelling is as open and unassuming as one can get. Her sweetness is no doubt genuine. This book would have meant much more if I hadn't read so much of it online before I ordered it. The book validates to this grandmother just how Tori's heart and spirit is crying out for the love and closeness of her mother and the warmth of a close family. To surround herself with someone as raunchy as ... Read More
Rating: - Highly recommended!!!
This book was a great read!! I would recommend it to everyone!! When I finally got my copy, that had been on back order for about 2 months, I could not put it down. It is truly a good book. It proves you never really know what a person goes through behind closed doors. I was never really a fan of Tori Spelling until I read her book, it has really changed my opinion about her! She is an awesome person, that has struggled with her looks, men, and money just as normal people do. I hope her, Dean, ... Read More
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Copyright © 2003-2008 Gunnar Bengtsson, Poetry Connection. All Rights Reserved.
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: 14
Studio: Simon Spotlight