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Stories From Candyland: Confections From One Of Hollywood's Most Famous Wives And Mothers (2009)

by Candy Spelling(Favorite Author)

2.44 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0312570708 (ISBN13: 9780312570705)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

St. Martin's Press

review 1: Perhaps this story would be better named "Fantasy Land" because this is the world where this woman truly lives. A collection of random inserts from Candy Spelling (wife to Hollywood genius movie mogul Aaron Spelling) from Candy's privileged life, with a collection of recipes circa 1975 that sound as unappetizing as my mothers tuna casserole. The author recently said that she has "found her voice" and that is unfortunate as silence suited her better.Sadly after reading this book, it solidified the fact that Candy's only "accomplishments" in life were marrying an incredibly rich man, spending his money, getting lots of plastic surgery, and alienating her daughter.Now a book about Aaron Spelling and his rags to riches story; I'd read that any day.
review 2: A coup... morele of the recipes look pretty good, I wrote a few of them down to try. That's the most valuable thing I got from this book. It's mainly about her stuff - how she got it, where she keeps it, how she feels about it. She seems very shallow and extremely materialistic. One weird thing I noticed is everything is "my". Normal people would say for example "I went to the garage and got in the car" where she says "I went to my garage and got in my car". The word 'my' must appear in the book 5000 times. The way she tells her story she lives for approval from others and doesn't feel she has anything to offer other than material objects. Kinda sad, and really hard to relate too. Going by the depth she shows in this book her stuff may be all she has to offer. Lucky for her she has a ton of it. She also often talks about how famous she is when she isn't famous at all, she just is associated with some famous people. The only reason I read this book is because I wanted to see if she gave a side to the story Tori told about the money (she doesn't really), otherwise I would never have given it a second glance. She is only fringe-famous but doesn't seem to know that. less

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