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Title: Love, Pamela
Author: Pamela Anderson
Genre: Memoir
Rating: 3.50
Pub Date: January 31, 2023

T H R E E • W O R D S

Condensed • Sobering • Enjoyable

📖 S Y N O P S I S

Growing up on Vancouver Island, the daughter of young, wild, and unprepared parents, Pamela Anderson’s childhood was not easy, but it allowed her to create her own world. Discovered in the stands of a football game, she was immediately rocket launched into fame, becoming Playboy’s favorite cover girl and an emblem of Hollywood glamour and sexuality.

From the cover of magazines and tv/movie sets to the beaches of Malibu and whirlwind romances, she often found herself tabloid fodder. In Love, Pamela the actress, activist, and once infamous Playboy Playmate alternates between storytelling and her own original poetry, in order to reclaim the narrative of her own life by showcasing her love of art and literature and her devotion to her children and the causes she cares about most.

💭 T H O U G H T S

I enjoy listening to celebrity memoirs from time to time, so when I saw Pamela Anderson (a fellow Canadian) was releasing one this year, I put a hold on the audiobook at the library. While I certainly cannot call myself a fan, I am aware of Pamela's career and tumultuous image, so I was intrigued what her story would reveal.

Love, Pamela covers her childhood growing up on Vancouver Island, how she got her start, her Playboy era, her time on Baywatch, her marriages, and her dedication to being a mother and activist. Besides her childhood, which I knew very little about going in, this memoir didn't cover a whole lot of ground beyond what I already knew. In fact, it felt like she was providing a condensed summary of the details of her life. There isn't a whole lot of depth or emotion to the storytelling. In fact, certain things seemed glossed over altogether.

The audio narration is done by Pamela herself, and it certainly felt like she was reading her story to me as opposed to narrating her own life story. It's a quick listen at just over 5 hours so it shouldn't come as a surprise that she doesn't dive deep into the intricacies of her life.

Love, Pamela was okay, but it definitely left me wanting more. I appreciated some of her poetry interspersed throughout, and the fact she states that she wrote this herself, as I never knew she was a writer. Worth a listen, but not sure I'd pick up the actual book to read.

📚 R E C O M M E N D • T O
• audiobook fans
• readers who've followed her career

🔖 F A V O U R I T E • Q U O T E S

"There is so much need in the world for understanding."

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Reads like a wordy poem. Very interesting to hear her story from her mouth, but was a bit slow in spots. I’m so glad she gets to take back her story and share it as she experienced it, especially resonates with her reading the audiobook herself.

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