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sTORI Telling
By Tori Spelling ( Simon Spotlight )
Release Date: 2008-03-11
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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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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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Product Reviews:
  Hmmm.... ( ooort2001 )
I found that this book was pretty interesting and enjoyable. However, since I had it thrust upon me by someone and would never read it myself, I cannot help but to wonder why I would actually care. Celebrity worship is rather annoying and I wish people could actually find their own lives as interesting as those of "famous" people. Though, it was interesting to see how she felt about the whole "being famous" bid and that she really was not a huge fan of it.
  Surprising ( trishmcgrady )
A very good account of how a celebrity is just a normal person sharing the same insecurities and self esteem issues that we all have. I was a faithful 90210 viewer through my late teens and early adult years and always had the impression that Tori Spelling was a "spoiled little rich girl". But, after seeing her television reality show and reading her book, it is refeshing to see that she is just like the rest of us - looking for love, acceptance and a normal family life for her children.
  Love Lover Love it!! ( kcorpuz )
This is the best book about Tori's life and she is so down to earth and likeable! Great Read!!
  Pleasant Surprise! ( lori5427 )
The only thing I knew of Tori Spelling was her starring in Beverly Hills 90210 and her famous father Aaron Spelling. Then I saw her new reality show and became intrigued by her. She seemed real and kind so I decided to buy her book. It was great! Couldn't put it down and I'm not a big reader. It was genuine, tastful and entertaining. She's had such an exciting life thus far filled with ups and downs like the rest of us but with the Hollywood touch. I highly recommend this book.
  When's her next book coming out? I want more! ( 4kac )
This book peaked my interest when I started watching Tori and Dean (the reality series on Oxygen). I was shocked while watching it that I found myself really liking her. She could be any of my friends- she seems fun and normal. What I like about her: her humor, (often self-depracating), her entrepreneurial spirit (making her way without relying on the family fortune), and her love for her family. She seems like a fun person and hopefully there are more stories in her to tell. Cheers Tori!!