Stori Telling (19)

Stori Telling
Tori Spelling

I picked up this autobiography of Tori Spelling, actress, daughter of famous producer Aaron Spelling. I like everyone else watch 90210 in the 90's although I was not a big fan of it. I sort of remember her from that show and thinking she was there because of her father.
The book was quite interesting... she talks about her childhood and what it is like to grow up as not just rich, but super rich... she has an interesting take on it... she thought it was normal.. becuase when you are a kid you don't know any different. She does apoligize for being rich. Perhaps the most interesting thing is that she had no idea how to manage money. Spend much of it on a boyfriend that was clearing taking advantage of her.. and never gave any thought to the money. She worked on a sucessful series for 10 years and did numberous movies.. yet found herself in her early 30's $200k in debt. When her father died he left she and her brother $800k each... she got rough 1/2 that after taxes.. he told her this would 'set her for life'. The man was worth nearly $500million, it just goes to show you that even if you have money you may not understand it.
In spite of the money, sucess, all she really wanted was to be happy. She is very open about her failings and the difficulty she had communicating with her mother (most conversations were by email, or through her business manager). In the end she has found a new husband and is happy, perhaps for the first time in her life.
The one thing that stuck me about this book was that she is actully quite funny. She has a sharp and sarcastic wit that comes through in unexpected places in the book. She has a way of being able to laugh at herself and some of her mistakes that is refreshing.
I picked up this book mostly out of curiosity, but actually enjoyed it more that I expected.