Stories from Candyland

Confections from One of Hollywood's Most Famous Wives and Mothers

Candy Spelling

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Carole Gene Marer spent her girlhood dreaming of meeting Rock Hudson, but when she finally had the chance—on a date with her future husband, television mogul Aaron Spelling—she was so shy she hid all night in the powder room.  How Candy morphed from that quiet girl into a stylish trophy wife, mistress and designer of the largest house in Los Angeles (70,000 square feet when you count the attic) is at the heart of Stories from Candyland. 

The life Candy created for her family—her husband and children Tori and Randy—was fabulous, over-the-top, and often magical.  So what if California Christmases don’t come with snow? Let’s make some on the tennis court!  How do we take a cross-country family vacation with a dad who doesn’t fly? By private train car, of course (with an extra for the 52 pieces of luggage). 

Candy had a hand in some of the most beloved TV shows of all time (she insisted on a bigger diamond ring for Dynasty’s Krystle Carrington), has entertained half of Hollywood in epic fashion, and lives life in the spotlight .  But under all the glamour lies a woman still wrestling with some of the insecurities of her ingénue self.  Oprah threw her into a panic with a discussion of hoarding.  And there’s nothing like being defined as, “well, you know, complicated” by your daughter on television and in her own book.

Stories from Candyland sparkles with glamour and grand gestures. But it also satisfies with more intimate discussions of family (human and canine), hearth and home.

 

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When I first heard the Fifth Dimension singing Jimmy Webb’s “Up, Up, and Away” in 1967, I was in love with a man who refused to fly.

            But I knew I could change him.

            After all, I loved to travel and to fly, and I planned for us to travel all over the world and share once-in-a-lifetime experiences with each other.

            Aaron Spelling traced his fear of flying to his

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"In Stories from Candyland, the grande dame of Hollywood--Candy Spelling--tackles her memoirs with humor and honesty."--Radar
 
"Candy cracks open the door to her life."--Los Angeles Times
 
“Candy Spelling more than lived up to her billing as the original, quintessential ‘Hollywood Wife’.”—Vanity Fair

“Stories from Candyland is a confection of stories and adventures in Candy Spelling's magical life.”—Huffington Post

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CANDY SPELLING, whose husband Aaron produced America’s favorite entertainment (“Dynasty,” “Charlie’s Angels,” “The Love Boat,” “Beverly Hills 90210”), is one of Hollywood’s most famous women.  Her marriage was one of Tinseltown’s happiest and most enduring, ending only with Aaron’s death in 2006.  Since then, Candy began her own entertainment and media career, with a new TV series, "Bank of Hollywood", co-producing "Promises, Promises" on Broadway and writing on a variety of pop culture topics for TMZ.com,  The Huffington Post and momlogic.com and as a contributing editor for Los Angeles Confidential Magazine.  She is involved with a number of charitable and public service organizations, and is in the process of “downsizing” from Spelling Manor to a 17,000 square foot condominium in Century City.

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Stories from Candyland
Confections from One of Hollywood's Most Famous Wives and Mothers
Candy Spelling

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St. Martin's Press
St. Martin's Griffin
March 2010
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ISBN: 9780312605605
ISBN10: 0312605609
6 1/8 x 9 1/4 inches, 272 pages, Includes one 16-page color photograph section
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March 2009
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ISBN: 9780312570705
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