sTORI Telling
She was television's most famous virgin--and, as Aaron Spelling's daughter, arguably its most famous case of nepotism. Portraying Donna Martin onBeverly 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 Tellingis 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 showSo NoTORIousand Oxygen'sTori & 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 after90210; 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 Tellingis a juicy, eye-opening, enthralling look at what it really means to be Tori Spelling.Amazon.com ExclusiveA Bonus Story and Family Photo from Tori SpellingThe ManorPeople are always asking about my parents' mansion, which they called the "Manor," but I  don't really spend much time talking about it insTORI Tellingbecause 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--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.