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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.45028092
EAN: 9781416587002
Edition: Reprint
ISBN: 1416587004
Label: Simon Spotlight Entertainment
Manufacturer: Simon Spotlight Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: February 24, 2009
Publisher: Simon Spotlight Entertainment
Studio: Simon Spotlight Entertainment
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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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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.
Average Rating: 
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I give this book four stars because five would mean I would buy it and since I didn't.... I liked it but it's not something I would probably read again. This is nothing against Spelling more just the nature of the book.
The funny thing is going into this I didn't know too much about Tori Spelling. I was pretty much neutral on the whole subject. I had seen some tabloid stories but I never watched 90210 and had only seen a few episodes of her cable show, Tori and Dean. I saw the book at the library and since I was looking for something light to read I picked it up.
The book is really funny. I give Spelling props for not talking too much trash about anyone, I was almost hoping for more behind the scenes look at 90210 (I might not have watched it but I've heard stories). I felt like she was very careful in portraying bad situations as saying they were from her point of view.
I think Spelling is the girl everyone loves to hate and she even admits to that rep - "poor little rich girl". The book made me see she was much more than that and I felt like she came across as (of course) very human. It was interesting to see how a celebrity feels on the other side of the constant lense of fame.
I guess the biggest thing I can say about this book is that it made me go and check out her second book.
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How refreshing to read memoirs of a Hollywood star that do not allude to adulation, fawning subserviance, and endless worship from her millions of fans. Tori Spelling appears to be lady with a good head on her shoulders. She knows who she is and does not expect the hysteria that surrounds so many of today's "flashy, PSEUDO stars" - - the "stars" whose fame is fed solely by their sordid escapades. I doubt seriously that Ms. Spelling willever read this review, but if she were to do so I'd like her to know how much those of us who can see phoniness, appreciate her for her genuineness and her humility. Such a breath of fresh air. And, senior that I am, I always enjoyed 90210, her sweet demeanor on the show, as well as her role in several T.V. films that I've seen 'T' acting in. Kudos Tori for an enjoyable book, and the fascinating account of a privileged life that obviously failed to spoil you, and from which you emerged a mature, kind, thoughtful woman.
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I was never really interested in Tori Spelling until her VH1 series which was histerical. So when her reality show started, I watched it and loved it as well. She is hillarious and silly! So when I got her book, I was even more pleased to discover her humour translated into print. This was a great summer read! I read it sun bathing by the pool...during my son's nap. Yes! I read it in one sit down it was so good!
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I really liked her book. She had a good relationship with her father. To bad her mother spoiled it for her. I am now onto MommyWood, but so far it is good as well.
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Recievied the book very quickly and it was in great condition for a used book. I would order from this seller again.
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