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'a riveting read... the Polish-born St James cuts crisply through the bunny fluff to deliver, with Slavic bluntness, a deliciously bitchy memoir of her time behind closed doors at the Playboy mansion... Mean Girls, eat your heart out"!!!'
--The Sunday Times, 19th July 2009
"Bunny Tales is subtitled "Behind Closed Doors at the Playboy Mansion", but it could have been called "Too Much Information"...It's not a pretty picture that Izabella St James paints and it's certainly not an erotic one...The mansion, though still the stage set for regular Playboy parties, is a decrepit time-warp, unchanged since the 60s. Unlike many of the girls, St James says she doesn't have "a plastic agenda"...She graduated from McGill University in Montreal, and then went to Pepperdine Law School in Malibu where, she believes, she was "like Elle Woods in Legally Blonde, with my blonde hair, pink tanktops, and low-rider jeans". Why did she then go to Hef? Because "how many of us actually get the chance to do something completely out of the ordinary in our lives?"
--The Observer, Sunday 9th August 2009
--The Sunday Times, 19th July 2009
"Bunny Tales is subtitled "Behind Closed Doors at the Playboy Mansion", but it could have been called "Too Much Information"...It's not a pretty picture that Izabella St James paints and it's certainly not an erotic one...The mansion, though still the stage set for regular Playboy parties, is a decrepit time-warp, unchanged since the 60s. Unlike many of the girls, St James says she doesn't have "a plastic agenda"...She graduated from McGill University in Montreal, and then went to Pepperdine Law School in Malibu where, she believes, she was "like Elle Woods in Legally Blonde, with my blonde hair, pink tanktops, and low-rider jeans". Why did she then go to Hef? Because "how many of us actually get the chance to do something completely out of the ordinary in our lives?"
--The Observer, Sunday 9th August 2009
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This is the untold, no-holds-barred, true story of life in the Playboy Mansion, as experienced by a unique insider.Izabella St James left life behind the iron curtain for the beaches of Malibu. Young, blond and pretty she was looking for fun, and the South California nightlife was a powerful magnet. Out clubbing one night she met Hugh Hefner and his friends. Beyond the silk robe and the age-proof good looks, Hugh was a genial man who invited Izabella to join his group of friends and then move into the world famous Mansion as one of Hef's girlfriends."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 weekly allowance are the perks of Mansion life. But Hef's girlfriends are a clique, a sorority, a group of best buddies 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.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I don't know whether to be intrigued or appalled by this book.
The illusion of Hefner and the seven girlfriends that he has in tow, and how the whole arrangement works. She takes potshots at him in every way possible, and yet tempers that with yet he did pay for my goldfish tank.
Clearly, Ms St James made a choice to be his girlfriend even though she was not physically attracted. She disses this 80 year old man's bedroom performance, and claims he is a manipulator of their affections. All this may be so, but manipulation is a two way street, and the author knows how to work the game.
Hef paid each of these women a cash allowance of $1,000 a week, free facials and beauty work at a Hollywood salon, free medical, free room and board, a $2,000 fashion allowance each for special events, free plastic surgery, usually $10 k for a pair of boobs. In fact Hef must easily be paying close to $500k a year to promote his image.
Hef despite what the author says, appears to be a kind hearted and extremely generous man, giving birthday gifts of $2,000 and giving these ladies lavish cars. Some girls volunteered to be his girlfriend just to get the plastic surgery for free. Whaat?
In fact Ms St James does little else but complain about life with Hef, how she could not always get what she asked for, and when he broke up with girls did not continue to look after them. Insecurity was rampant among the women, and there was continuous plotting to force those who posed a threat to the pecking order out of the house.
If anything Hef was unbelievably generous.
Yet, if they were not paid enough, then why were these women able to buy their own condos and then break up with Hef.
Clearly, the author can never get enough to make herself happy, bigger car , bigger boobs whatever. Now, she uses him to make money by writing a tellall book.
She is appalled that the other girls are scouring around for another sugar daddy, and one of them wants Donald Trump because he complimented her at a party. She sees the other girl's behavior as wrong, yet is doing the same thing herself. Is the pot calling the kettle black?
Hef is not diminished in my eyes by reading this. As for who or what Ms St James is, I allow the reader to draw their own conclusions.
I wonder if this review was helpful.
The illusion of Hefner and the seven girlfriends that he has in tow, and how the whole arrangement works. She takes potshots at him in every way possible, and yet tempers that with yet he did pay for my goldfish tank.
Clearly, Ms St James made a choice to be his girlfriend even though she was not physically attracted. She disses this 80 year old man's bedroom performance, and claims he is a manipulator of their affections. All this may be so, but manipulation is a two way street, and the author knows how to work the game.
Hef paid each of these women a cash allowance of $1,000 a week, free facials and beauty work at a Hollywood salon, free medical, free room and board, a $2,000 fashion allowance each for special events, free plastic surgery, usually $10 k for a pair of boobs. In fact Hef must easily be paying close to $500k a year to promote his image.
Hef despite what the author says, appears to be a kind hearted and extremely generous man, giving birthday gifts of $2,000 and giving these ladies lavish cars. Some girls volunteered to be his girlfriend just to get the plastic surgery for free. Whaat?
In fact Ms St James does little else but complain about life with Hef, how she could not always get what she asked for, and when he broke up with girls did not continue to look after them. Insecurity was rampant among the women, and there was continuous plotting to force those who posed a threat to the pecking order out of the house.
If anything Hef was unbelievably generous.
Yet, if they were not paid enough, then why were these women able to buy their own condos and then break up with Hef.
Clearly, the author can never get enough to make herself happy, bigger car , bigger boobs whatever. Now, she uses him to make money by writing a tellall book.
She is appalled that the other girls are scouring around for another sugar daddy, and one of them wants Donald Trump because he complimented her at a party. She sees the other girl's behavior as wrong, yet is doing the same thing herself. Is the pot calling the kettle black?
Hef is not diminished in my eyes by reading this. As for who or what Ms St James is, I allow the reader to draw their own conclusions.
I wonder if this review was helpful.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Yes, "Girls next door" is popular and yes, it's good to throw your own book on the market NOW. But admidst all the tactical publishing, the diplomatic writing on the the thin line between truth, idealization (and not making Hef and his attorneys too angry) and finding an excuse for her own choices, Izabella St. James offers us good entertainment and a couple of hours dreaming and silently smiling on the couch. It's no a must, it's far away from literature, but it's definitely worth its price and much much better than I expected (and feared). One Star less only because it's still to discreet and the some of the doors stay closed. But who would've expected otherwise? Buy it, enjoy it, than give it to a friend :-)
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
a good read but a little glossy in parts where izabella is made out to be completelly innocent in the going ons of the mansion, i refuse to believe she did not get as involved as the rest in the orgies and drug taking.
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Hugely detailed,
Tells you everything about The Mansion - the girlfriends, the budgets, the parties and the general lifestyle of Hugh Hefner and his girlfriends. Read more
Published 25 days ago by CSH
briiliant read
this is a brilliant book to read if you want to know a bit more than the basics that happen in the playboy mansion. Read more
Published 2 months ago by burgess87
Excellent!!
Well i bought this book because i started watching 'The Girls Next Door' series. Although you got to know a lot about the Mansion on the show it wasn't enough i wanted more detail. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mrs. R. Murphy
Easy to read
I only picked this book up recently as I am a huge fan of the playboy mansion series. It was well written, however one minute I was feeling sorry for Isabella, then I felt she was... Read more
Published 7 months ago by London Girl
Pathetic
Wow. This book is so hateful, spiteful, and all around horrible. It seems like this woman basically wrote a book to get revenge on Hef. She seems very, very bitter. Read more
Published 15 months ago by StacyB
Shameless tell all tale
If you wanted dirt on the mansion this book is full of it, yes its a sell out kiss and tell but if you're a fan of the girls next door its very informative and certain parts of the... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Hayley Newstead
Loved It ;)
Shows you a good insight into what the mansion is really like, a good read :)
Published 21 months ago by AdeleCarla
very good read
I really like Girls of the Playboy mansion and am very interested with infomation about playboy so when i saw this book i got it straight away. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Megan:)
The Girlfriend Experience says - Playboy Bunny?... More like Bunny...
Bunny Tales is my book of the moment. Izabella St. James is the author and subject of this expose about life behind closed doors of the Playboy mansion. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Ms. Rebecca Dakin
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was bought as a gift for my daughter who loves reading all about the playboy mansion
Published 22 months ago by Mrs. T. L. Headington
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