Synopses & Reviews
Welcome to Los Angeles, birthplace and residence of Tori Spelling. andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Itand#8217;s not every Hollywood starlet whose name greets you on a Virgin Airways flight into la-la land. But Tori Spelling has come to accept that her life is a spectacle. Her name is her brand, and business is booming. Too bad when your job is to be yourself, you canand#8217;t exactly take a break. andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Tori finally has everything she thought she wantedand#8212;a loving family and a successful careerand#8212;but trying to live a normal life in Hollywood is a little weird. With the irresistible wit, attitude, and humor that fans have come to love, the andlt;Iandgt;New York Times andlt;/Iandgt;bestselling author of andlt;Iandgt;sTORI telling andlt;/Iandgt;and andlt;Iandgt;Mommywood andlt;/Iandgt;is back with more hilarious, heartwarming, and candid stories of juggling work, marriage, motherhood, and reality television cameras. andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Tori comes clean about doing her time on jury duty, stalking herself on Twitter, discovering her former andlt;Iandgt;90210 andlt;/Iandgt;castmatesand#8217; "I Hate Tori" club, contracting swine flu, and contacting Farrah Fawcett from the dead. Like many mothers, she struggles to find balance (andlt;Iandgt;Stars, theyand#8217;re just like us!andlt;/Iandgt;)and#8212;only most women donand#8217;t have to battle it out with paparazzi at the grocery store. She talks openly about the darker side of life in the spotlight: media scrutiny over her weight and her marriage to Dean McDermott, her controversial relationship with Deanand#8217;s ex-wife, and her unfolding reconciliation with her mother. andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Having it all isnand#8217;t always easyand#8212;especially when youand#8217;re a perfectionistand#8212;but with the help of her unconventional family and friends, an underwear-clad spiritual cleansing or two, and faith in herself, sheand#8217;s learning to find her happy ending. Because when youand#8217;re Tori Spelling, every day brings andlt;Iandgt;uncharted terriTORIandlt;/Iandgt;.andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;***andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Just when you thought sTORI time was over, the beloved Hollywood starlet has so much more to say. andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;***andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;"My life has changed dramatically in the past several years. I married Dean; we moved several times; we had two children; we created a show that has gone into its fifth season on the air. I have love. I have a family. I have a home. I have work. Itand#8217;s all I ever wished for. But trying to be a perfect wife, mother, and mini-mogul has its challenges, especially if, like me, you want to be perfect at all of them at the same time." and#8212;from andlt;Iandgt;uncharted terriTORIandlt;BRandgt;andlt;/Iandgt;
Synopsis
Tori Spelling is back with a brand-new collection of essays about living a normal life in Hollywood, where life is anything but normal.
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.