f you saw Candy Spelling's essay on Joan Crawford,
which appeared yesterday on Babble.com, you probably immediately
clicked in search of the answer to the question: "What's she say about
her daughter's book?"
Candy
Spelling, wife of late TV drama king Aaron Spelling, ostensibly wrote
the piece about the damage done to Joan Crawford's reputation by her
daughter's memoir -- and the subsequent movie adaptation -- Mommie Dearest.
Spelling bemoans the fact that Instead of thinking "Oscar winner" when
we hear Crawford's name, we now think, "No wire hangers ever!" But of
course the subtext to all this is Spelling's own heartbreak over her
daughter Tori ("Donna Martin graduates!") and her recent book, sTori Spelling, which delves into all the ritzy-gritty details of her childhood and life as a star of "Beverly Hills, 90210."
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