Candy at Last

By: Candy Spelling

Narrated by: Ashley Pomeroy

After 38 happy years of marriage to influential producer Aaron Spelling, raising two children in Hollywood, and co-managing one of the largest estates in the country (finally selling Spelling Manor, as detailed on her HGTV series, for $85 million), Candy is now adjusting to life on her own.

In her new uncharted territory, she’s ready to share the most intimate details of her life with Aaron; how his illness caused her to question her identity; and how she’s reinvented herself as an independent woman, businesswoman, and television personality.

Along the way, Candy reveals all-new dishy stories, including those of Hollywood friends Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Michael Jackson, Janet Leigh, Dean Martin, and Elizabeth Taylor (her lifelong rival over their jewelry).

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We get it, you're rich

I'll start by saying something positive. The narration was good and well-suited for this book. Having said that, this is a platform for Candy Spelling to be a bragadocious, constant name-dropping, self-aggrandizing bore. Okay, we get it. You're filthy rich and owned the biggest mansion in Hollyweird. But there's no substance, very little compassion, and, by self-admission, petty and vengeful (aka spoiled fruit). I can't count the number of eye rolls while listening to this book. The part about buying condoms was hilarious, though.