Synopses & Reviews
The star of andlt;Iandgt;Beverly Hills 90210andlt;/Iandgt; offers a hilarious, insightful memoir about growing up on Americaand#8217;s favorite teen drama and her life after the show.andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;She was television's most famous virgin -- and, as Aaron Spelling's daughter, arguably its most famous case of nepotism. Portraying Donna Martin on andlt;Iandgt;Beverly Hills, 90210,andlt;/Iandgt; 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.andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt; andlt;Iandgt;sTORI tellingandlt;/Iandgt; 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 andlt;Iandgt;So NoTORIousandlt;/Iandgt; and Oxygen's andlt;Iandgt;Tori and Dean: Inn Love,andlt;/Iandgt; but her memoir goes deeper, into the real life behind the rumors: her complicated relationship with her parents; her struggles as an actress after andlt;Iandgt;90210;andlt;/Iandgt; her accident-prone love life; and, ultimately, her quest to define herself on her own terms.andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt; From her over-the-top first wedding to finding new love to her much-publicized -- and misunderstood -- "disinheritance," andlt;Iandgt;sTORI tellingandlt;/Iandgt; is a juicy, eye-opening, enthralling look at what it really means to be Tori Spelling.
Synopsis
The star of Beverly Hills 90210 offers a hilarious, insightful memoir about growing up on America's favorite teen drama and her life after the show.
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.
About the Author
Tori Spelling starred in and executive produced the Oxygen hit reality television series andlt;iandgt;Tori andamp; Dean: Inn Love andlt;/iandgt;and andlt;iandgt;Tori andamp; Dean: Home Sweet Hollywoodandlt;/iandgt;. She recently hosted TLCand#8217;s andlt;iandgt;Craft Wars andlt;/iandgt;and appeared in the ABC Family original musical andlt;iandgt;The Mistle-Tones. andlt;/iandgt;The creator of the online lifestyle magazine andlt;iandgt;ediTORIal andlt;/iandgt;at her website torispelling.com, she is also a #1 andlt;iandgt;New York Times andlt;/iandgt;bestselling author of three memoirs; a party planning book, andlt;iandgt;celebraTORIandlt;/iandgt;; and a childrenand#8217;s book, andlt;iandgt;Presentingand#8230;Tallulah. andlt;/iandgt;She and her husband, actor Dean McDermott, live in Los Angeles with their four young children, Liam, Stella, Hattie, and Finn.
Table of Contents
Contents
Prologue
1. X Marks the Spot
2. How to Sell Lemonade
3. Nepotism Works Both Ways
4. They Hated Me at Hello
5. America's Virgin
6. Confrontation Is Inevitable
7. Build Me Up, Buttercup
8. No More Mr. Not-Nice Guy
9. Strings Attached (or Why I Didn't Notice That I Shouldn't Be Getting Married)
10. Last-Minute Changes
11. The Joke's on Me
12. The Evil Eye
13. The Real Fairy Tale
14. Breaking News
15. Safe at Last
16. Is That a Knife in Your Purse or Are You Just Glad to See Me?
17. What? It Doesn't Grow on Trees?
18. A New Family
19. You Can Never Go Home Again
20. B and B...and B
Acknowledgments