Only Say Good Things, Crystal Hefner
Only Say Good Things, Crystal Hefner
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Only Say Good Things
Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself

Bestseller

Author: Crystal Hefner

Narrator: Crystal Hefner

Unabridged: 6 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/23/2024

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • AN APPLE BOOKS STAFF PICK AND AUDIBLE EDITORS SELECT• ONE OF PEOPLE'S BEST CELEBRITY MEMOIRS OF 2024 • NAMED A BEST BOOK TO READ THIS JANUARY BY THE GLOSS 
From a former Playboy Playmate, an unflinching look at the objectification and misogyny of the Playboy mansion, a woman’s stolen young adulthood, and her journey to self-acceptance–plus a rare look inside Hugh Hefner’s final days.

Crystal Harris’ life changed forever when she was just twenty-one and attended a party at the notorious Playboy mansion. Picked out of the crowd by Hugh Hefner, Crystal Harris became one of his infamous “girlfriends,” attending glamorous Hollywood parties and traveling the world. But being Hef’s number one girlfriend came at the cost of Crystal’s identity outside her role in the Playboy universe, and she grew increasingly restless to understand who she truly was away from what she saw as Playboy’s toxic culture. Hef controlled his girlfriends with strict rules regarding everything from their hair and makeup to their curfews, forcing them to compete with one another as part of a highly hierarchal system. 

Only Say Good Things provides a fascinating look behind the scenes at a powerful cultural icon and brand, and an empowering perspective on hard-won lessons about who we allow to determine our value.
 

Reviews

Goodreads review by Meike on March 14, 2024

I'm reading my way through a plethora of books about female representation in the media, especially in the early 2000s, and when it comes to all the generally questionable reality TV content, the insanity of "The Girls Next Door" / "The Girls of the Playboy Mansion" really takes the cake. So let's r......more

Goodreads review by *TUDOR^QUEEN* on February 05, 2024

I find out about all the new celebrity and royalty biographies coming out from the Daily Mail Online app. They are always posting articles in the Showbiz section, serializing bombshells from new book releases. If interested, I request them from the library. That's what happened with this one! It jus......more

Goodreads review by Simone on December 27, 2023

3.5 stars. It's very difficult to review and rate somebody's personal story and experience....let me just say that. I think intrigued, disgusted, fascinated, whatever your opinion on Hugh Hefner, one has some sort of feelings about him and his Playboy empire. I watched The Girls Next Door, like a mot......more

Goodreads review by ♥Milica♥ on February 11, 2024

I was NOT expecting to be crying the whole way through this book, but here we are. I had to pause my listening several times because many of the things Crystal went through, I also went through and it was hitting a bit too close to home. It was such a sad read, which I figured it would be, but...yea......more

Goodreads review by C on January 24, 2024

She contradicts her own story from interview to interview and in this book from page to page and nothing good has ever happened to this woman in her life.......more


Quotes

“[Crystal] didn’t hold back — even when it came to describing her first night in the mansion — complete with three other women, pornographic videos, baby oil, and no condoms in sight — and has no regrets about spilling the X-rated details.”
 —New York Post

"[Hefner's] frank memoir scratches some of the glitter off Playboy’s notorious legacy of sexual freedom, luxury, and excess. An illuminating tell-all."—Kirkus Reviews

"[A] juicy debut memoir. . . This tell-all is surprisingly empowering."—Publishers Weekly

"We've heard stories about life in the Playboy Mansion, but we've never gotten such piercing insights into the darkness that underscored Hugh Hefner's fantasy world." —Apple Books

“Crystal Hefner has been putting out bombshell after bombshell in her new memoir.”—She Knows

“Crystal’s new memoir, “Only Say Good Things: Surviving ‘Playboy’ and Finding Myself,” paints a dark picture of her time at the mansion.”—News Nation

“In her new memoir, Only Say Good Things, Hefner looks back on the paradox of sexual freedom and strict rules she lived by at the mansion.”—NPR