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Summary:
What happens in the Mansion, doesn’t stay in the Mansion! How did I get here? I was raised a nice Catholic girl in Ontario, Canada. I am an only child whose parents lavished their attention and resources on me. I have a Bachelor of Arts degree and a law degree, and I’m studying to take the California bar. I am comfortable with my own sexuality, responsible for my own orgasm, and have never been sexually or emotionally abused. And yet for two years, I lived at the infamous Playboy Mansion, rolled in a posse of seven succulent beauties, and was a co-girlfriend of the father of the sexual revolution and the world's largest living hedonist.
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The Bunnies. The Girlfriends. The Mansion. The Grotto. The Myth. The Man. The Fantasy. The Reality.
Izabella St. James left colder climes for the beaches of Malibu. Young, blond, and pretty, she was looking for fun, and the SoCal nightlife was a powerful magnet. Out clubbing one night, she met Hugh Hefner and his friends. Beyond the silk robe and age-proof good looks, Hugh was a genial man who invited Izabella to join his group of friends and then to move into the world-famous Mansion as one of Hef’s girlfriends. (Plural.)
Bunny Tales is Izabella’s story—of a party girl who discovered what work it is to play all the time. Plastic surgery, gorgeous clothes, cool cars, and a generous weekly allowance are the perks of Mansion life, but Hef’s girlfriends are a clique, a sorority, a group of best buds, and bitter rivals, the worst of high school in an adult party circuit.
Izabella was witness to the growing pains of an empire—and legend—built on a revolution long over. Like the best relationships, Bunny Tales is honest and fun, revealing and real, satisfying and surprising.
Customer Reviews:
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Interesting tid-bits for GND fans...
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To begin, I purchased this book purely for the dirt and snark value. I'm a huge fan of the Girls Next Door but hate how the show glosses over reality. That being said, I found Izabella delivered the goods on Holly and Bridget. Sure, there are grammatical mistakes throughout and she DOES drone on and on about her own perceived intelligence (I can't count how many times she felt the need to remind us of her law-schooling). But really, people-how many of you were expecting a literary masterpiece? My advice is this: look past the poor editing and the author's self-importance and appreciate the book for what it is: a good piece of scandalous insight.
Catty and poorly-written, yet with intersting insight into the Mansion
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This is a poorly-written tell-all full of hackneyed sentimental sayings and bilge. St. James' memoir is rampant with self-contradictions, for example when she says she would not ever have considered posing for Playboy, even she had been asked, but later on the same page says she would have if it had paid off her school loans. Scattered throughout are bitter, nasty cracks at her former rivals in the Mansion and Hef himself. Although these are uncomfortable to read, at least they indicate that St. James is being brutally honest concerning her feelings towards her former flame and co-girlfriends. Despite its shortcomings, the book is excellent for those interested in exactly how the girlfriend setup at the Mansion works and the history of how the "Girls Next Door" came to be three.
Good Glimpse at what REALLY goes on........
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I did not want to purchase this book and have it sitting on my bookshelf at home since I knew it would be pretty trashy so I picked it up at Borders and was able to read through it in about two hours or less. I enjoyed reading it because one of my guilty pleasures is watching Girls Next Door every Sunday night. I was curious to see if the more squeaky clean image is really true and if they really are ALL his girlfriends or if it was just a show. Rebecca's book gave confirmation on everything I was looking for. It gives you a look inside the mansion. I was more shocked then anything as I read on. I started to grow really disgusted by the behavior that goes on and now I realize the TV image "Fantasy" is a far cry from the truth. I see people wasting their lives for money and fame and what they have to do to get there. Although I do think Holly was there for the fame originally and then really did grow to love Hef and put up with his swinger ways. This is my personal opinion from watching the show for so long. I did notice Rebecca St. James becoming increasingly self absorbed as well as greedy during the book. I felt she was very immature and I grew do dislike her while reading this book. For example when there was seven girlfriends in the house it looks like there was a rivalary between the two groups that formed. She rips on Holly and Bridget for liking to go to Disneyland and acts as though she and her group of girlfriends were the more sophisticated ones because they would rather have $3000 dollar purses as gifts. These kind of comments made me like Holly, Kendra and Bridget even more. I also thought it was odd she expected Hef to pay her college tuition off. Even though she was very revealing with dirty details I still could see why she was kicked out at the end. And I could see why Holly would want a lot of the girlfriends to be gone because of there greedy ways.
Overall the book gave me the glimpse inside the mansion that I needed to understand the difference between truth and fantasy. And even though I felt disgusted by the whole thing I ended up liking Holly, Kendra, and Bridget over the other girlfriends that were all kicked out. I enjoyed reading the book so if you are a GND Fan I would reccomend it. At times during the book I thought of the author as a "sell out". I guess I am glad she sold them all out in the end because I enjoyed the book. And I appreciated the authors truthfulness and honesty.
Would a rich man please call me????????
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I had to give this rating one star because the option of no star. I bought this book because I watch the show and always suspected a professional dynamic and this did support that. The authour however, could she be more self-serving? Could she be more pathetic and catty? Crying about things like holding her hand out but not getting her allowance because she went out of town when she knew that was already on the table? Crying how mean Holly and Bridget were, when she and her pussy posse did the same thing? I only meant to stay a few months. Pulease??? You were there for as long as you could milk that cow. It was a job. You were well paid and then cried about it later in an attempt to stay in the lifestyle you missed. Still now a lawyer but would love to play one on tv. Crying out for producers to call you. Crying out for casino owners to call you. PATHETIC....even more pathetic is that I spent [..] on it.
She's obviously not a fan of the Girls next Door Girls.
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As other reviewers state it could have been proofed better. However, the book is still a good read. The author makes you dislike Holly & Bridget from the Girls Next Door. She seems very greedy while trying to convince the reader that she's not. I definately wouldn't pay full price for this book. If you can get it for really cheap its a good one-time read.
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