Spelling It Out: The Breakdown

Here’s a quick break down of her books:

sTORI Telling – Her first book, it was the standard celebrity stories about her childhood, her career, and the tabloid-tastic way she met her husband. It was a big boost for her career and reality show since it made her very relatable. You can tell by how she talks about her mother they did not have much of a relationship at the time.

Mommywood – Here Spelling talks about what it’s like to be a celebrity mom. This too made her relatable to other moms because she handles normal things like dealing with a meltdowns or your child favors the other parent or choosing a preschool. There are also Hollywood problems such as ditching paparazzi or having a major celebrity’s kid at your preschool.

Uncharted TerriTORI – There’s not much of an overarching theme to this book. Spelling says it was made for fans but I feel like it was made for profit and she knew fans would buy it. She talks about mending fences with her mother and problems in her marriage. Outside of those things, there’s not much point to it IMHO.

Spelling It Like It Is – Spelling dishes about the reality behind the reality. What happened after the cameras stopped rolling including her difficult fourth pregnancy, multiple moves, and marital discord. I was astounded by the number of medical maladies Spelling had in the last few years.

There is a 5^th book called CelebaTori but that’s a party planning book/coffee table book so I’m not counting it. My overall view of Spelling is that she’s sweet person, dedicated mother, loyal friend, and loving wife. She regularly calls Dean her true love and soul mate.

Spelling is also incredibly naïve about how to handle money. She was in her 30s learning lessons many of us learned in college. Her world is a messy, chaotic, and interesting place and she definitely had enough material for some of these books.

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