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Only Say Good Things
- Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself
- Narrated by: Crystal Hefner
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
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Only Say Good Things
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Publisher's Summary
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'I was 21 years old when I found myself on the front stoop of the Playboy Mansion, its ornate front door feeling like a route to success. I want to tell the real story of my time there - the good and the bad, the dark and the light. The story I wish I'd heard as a young woman trying to find my way in the world. Before I showed up at a party, allowed myself to stay, and made the decisions that would shape my life.'
In 2008 the Playboy mansion became Crystal Harris's sanctuary - a shimmering vestige of power and opportunity. Within months she had ascended its hierarchical system to become Hugh Hefner's top girlfriend. But her new home came at a cost. Forced to follow strict rules which governed everything from her appearance to behaviour, she began to lose her identity. By the time she married Hef in 2012, the mansion had become her prison.
Before he passed away in 2017, Hef made Crystal promise to only say good things about the decade she spent in his world. After years of silence, in this gripping and honest memoir Crystal finally exposes the toxic culture at Playboy's core and the devastating effect it had on her health. In a world where so many still strive to achieve impossible beauty standards formed by the male gaze at the expense of their happiness, her extraordinary story of misogyny and objectification and ultimate journey to self-discovery reveals eye-opening lessons that are relevant to us all.
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- Ashlee
- 04-02-2024
Beautiful story
This has given me so much strength to know my worth, learning how to say no and saying how I really feel.. I can relate to so many of her stories. She is strong and ambitious. I laughed and cried, mostly cried.. There was one chapter I couldn’t stop smiling. I’m so happy for you. You’re amazing Crystal. Thank you.
I am so motivated to be the best version of myself. Thanks again for sharing.
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- Anonymous User
- 28-02-2024
Boring and repetitive
Everything could have been said in two chapters and after a while everything became predictable. The message from this read is that Hugh Hefner was a really awful person and that it was all about him. In my opinion he was a really bad example to how a man should treat a woman.
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- Amazon Customer
- 16-02-2024
Surprisingly good!
Exceeded my expectations and narrated well. Crystal was wiser beyond her years and this is very insightful as to what things were like inside the mansion. Highly recommend.
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- Anonymous User
- 04-04-2024
Pure honesty
I really enjoyed how raw and honest it was. Enjoyed listening to it, didn’t want to stop.
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- Anonymous User
- 02-07-2024
Telling it like it was
I don't even know how I came across this to listen to on Audible. I have no interest in Hugh Hefner nor his exes. However I found myself listening to this and was taken. I'm a 59 yr old Australian woman who can't stand the American dream bullshit in general. But I related to a lot of what she spoke about. Willingly going into a jail like situation and finding as much as she wanted to leave she couldn't or wouldn't. It speaks so much to disempowered women from Narcissistic men. Trapped like a bird with its wings clipped. Yet as Crystal Harris reiterates throughout her story telling, she knew what she was getting herself into yet at the same time desperate to get out. Unless you've been in similar circumstances within a cult or within a narcissistic relationship, you won't get it. I think I enjoyed it more by listening to herself narrate the entire book as opposed to me reading a hard copy. What a journey for that young woman and all the women before her. Getting used by men. Sad but true. Just look at the Arab states today in 2024. Still throwing women out of high rise buildings when they are bored of them. But you don't hear about that I'm mainstream media. Because of MONEY!!! THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL.
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- Tom Stanley
- 30-01-2024
Genuine but tragic story
There is no real salacious reveals, some interesting insights into Hefner and the mansion life. Still a great listen and highly recommended. Crystal was perfect to read it and made it all the more poignant.
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- Anton Garcia
- 10-02-2024
Wow
Great story, reviled truth , what life was like in the most mysterious world of playboy mansion and the man himself Hef.
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- Anna
- 25-03-2024
Insightful and Honest
So lovely to hear her side of the story. Told honestly and beautifully! Very dignified.
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- maddison
- 13-05-2024
Reserved yet truthful.
Well-considered words that were able to describe, intise and dictate a horrible life story while still upholding the honour of the perpetrators.
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- Sarah
- 06-07-2024
Really enjoyed
I was quite surprised how much I enjoyed listening. I was always intrigued by the life of the playboy bunnies. I definitely think differently now.
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