First published 2010
Tori Spelling stands in the spotlight of her own life, where her name has become her business and privacy feels like a luxury she can't afford. In Los Angeles, the city that shaped her, she discovers that having everything she once dreamed of brings unexpected complications. Her loving family and thriving career should feel like victory, but the constant presence of reality television cameras makes ordinary moments feel surreal. Spelling finds herself caught between the person she is and the brand she has become, unable to step away from a job that requires her to simply be herself. She wrestles with the strange reality of living a normal life in an abnormal place, where even Virgin Airways flights announce her name to incoming passengers. Through moments both ridiculous and tender, she learns that success in Hollywood means accepting that your life will always be a public performance, even when you're just trying to be a wife and mother.
Genres: autobiography, biography-memoir, 21st-century
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, public-figure
Setting: Los Angeles
Period: 21st-century
214 pages · Hardcover · Gallery Books