Paris (Extended Edition)

The Memoir

By: Paris Hilton

Narrated by: Paris Hilton

***An Instant New York Times Bestseller***

From the woman who is credited for launching what we know as the celebrity-focused, “brand”-driven, social-media-obsessed popular culture of today, comes an honest and surprising memoir that reckons with that truth, and shows that there is so much more to Paris Hilton than you might believe. This extended edition includes a bonus chapter detailing her motherhood journey.

I was born in New York City on February 17, 1981, three days after Valentine’s Day.

From the time I was a toddler, my brain skipped and flickered with the chemical imbalance of ADHD. Sometimes it was too much.

I’m not bragging or complaining about it, just telling you: This is my brain. It has a lot to do with how this whole book thing is going to play out, because I love run-on sentences—and dashes. And sentence fragments. I’m probably going to jump around a lot while I tell the story.

I came of age during the most turbulent pop culture period ever.

The character I played—part Lucy, part Marilyn—was my steel-plated armor.

People loved her. Or they loved to hate her, which was just as marketable. I leaned into that character, my ticket to financial freedom and a safe place to hide. I made sure I never had a quiet moment to figure out who I was without her. I was afraid of that moment because I didn’t know what I’d find.

I wrote this book in an effort to understand my place in a watershed moment: the technology renaissance, the age of influencers. I also wrote this book so that the world could know who I am today. I focused on key aspects of my life that led to what I am most proud of—how my power was taken away from me and how I took it back, how I built a thriving business, a marriage and a family.

There are so many young women who need to hear this story. I don’t want them to learn from my mistakes; I want them to stop hating themselves for their own mistakes. I want them to laugh and cry and embrace every aspect of who they are with fearlessness and pride. We all have our own brand of intelligence, and, girl, f--k fitting in.

©2023 Paris Hilton (P)2024 HarperCollins Publishers

Gut wrenching raw

After sharing my troubled youth lockup experience with a friend of mine, she suggested I read this book. I have never felt. I could have anything in common with Paris Hilton being a 5 foot 9 200 pound mother of 5 from Utah. But as I read this book I sobbed with our similarities. I have a newfound respect for a woman I never knew I could relate to so much. ADHD, childhood trauma, child loss, ambition & drive. She so eloquently worded things that are so hard to say & hear. This is a must read.

The love she has for family

What a great book I in joy this book I’am a big fan so well written what a beautiful book a must read

Better than expected!

I love biographies and this is a great one.Not a fan of hers originally,but just goes to show she is much more than her public persona.She also did a great job narrating.Highly recommended.

Shocking and Powerful

Always liked Paris, but had no idea the trauma she experienced growing up. Makes me adore her for the ability she has to speak so openly about it all while sliving her best life.

Everyone needs to hear this story

This is an amazing story and I’m so glad I heard it. This is a story that needs to be told.

Who couldn’t love Paris

Finally getting to this book and it was exactly what I expected. Loved it and I always thought she was a good person and this confirms it!

She’s so real and I love it.

Paris is you’re reading this review, I applaud your courage to opening up and sharing your story. I’ve adored you ever since the Simple Life and I hoped that you chose me to be your BFF when you had that show.

I always thought she was so normal, but when I heard her story, i realized she was beyond that. She is a survivor. She tells her story in this audiobook of such resilience and perseverance.

I also very much appreciate that she narrated this book. It was like she was telling me this story personally, which I love.

The extended edition I think is an add on chapter.

Anyway job well done.

Eye opening &;Real

loved that Paris narrated. you could really feel her emotions &,her pain. The book was very enjoyable to listen to although at times it made your heart ache . I learned what an amazingly intelligent human being she really is! Loved it!

Paris has won my heart, love, and respect forever!

My advice:
But this book (the extended edition)
Read it. Listen to it. Absorb it by osmosis – whatever suits you.
You won’t regret it.
Paris Hilton soars like an angel with a gloriously well-honed edge in this epic memoir. With her unique voice, incisive intelligence and rare ability to balance raw and vulnerable honesty with a singular blend of grace and class, Paris once again proves that there is SO much more to her than meets the eye.
From the beautiful, young reality TV star and supermodel of her youth to the equally stunning, wise, generous, and powerhouse family woman, mogul and living example of resilience, power, and great wit she has become today, I am confident this blockbuster of a book will be simply one of many highpoints in the life of a modern icon who also manages to be so wonderfully human, relatable, and authentic.

Amazing

I am almost at a loss for words. Paris, you have inspired a generation. Thank you for sharing your story! 10/10 would read again. #sliving