Love, Pamela: A Memoir of Prose, Poetry, and Truth -- Pamela Anderson

<p> <em>TO LIVE</em></p><p><em>AND DREAM</em></p><p><em>IS A WICKED DANCE.</em></p><p><em>MY DREAMS OFTEN COME TRUE--</em></p><p><em>A CURSE, </em></p><p><em>AND A BLESSING.</em></p><p>PAMELA ANDERSON's blond bombshell image was ubiquitous in the 1990s. Discovered in the stands during a Canadian football game, she was quickly launched into superstardom, becoming <em>Playboy</em>'s favorite cover girl and an emblem of Hollywood glamour and sex appeal. Yet the Pamela Anderson we think we know was created through happenstance rather than careful cultivation. <em>Love, Pamela </em>brings forth her true story: that of a small-town girl getting tangled up in her own dream.</p><p>Growing up on Vancouver Island, the daughter of young, wild, and unwittingly stylish parents, Pamela lived a hardscrabble childhood but developed a deep love for nature, populating her world with misfits, apparitional friends, and injured animals. Eventually overcoming her natural shyness, Pamela's restless imagination propelled her into a life few can dream of, from the beaches of Malibu to the coveted scene at the Playboy Mansion. As her star rose, she found herself a fixture of tabloid fodder, at the height of an era when paparazzi tactics were bent on destroying a person's image and self-esteem.</p><p>Pamela forged ahead with grace, finding sanctuary in her love of art and literature, and emerged a devoted mother and activist. Now, having returned to the island of her childhood, after a memorable run s