by Christy Canyon
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Book Description
Christy Canyon's flamboyant debut into the world of adult video in 1984 rocked the porn industry like never before. Selling millions of copies, her videos quickly established her as the world's leading porn star. Take a ride on the wild side with her in this new, explosive tell all autobiography. Loaded with juicy behind the scenes details, Canyon describes her adventures and misadventures with other porn stars such as Traci Lords, Ginger Lynn, Ron Jeremy and Peter North, just to name a few. She also blows the lid off of her encounters with mainstream celebrities. Go behind the scenes in this explosive autobiography!!
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0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
 Disappointing, 2008-02-10
I am a huge Christy Canyon fan and was hoping that what I'd find in her book was that she really enjoyed being a sex star. I wanted to hear that she loved the adult world and her fans and was glad to meet them every time she was performing.
Instead, her real story is one of abuse that drove her from her home to a life she feels is unsatisfying. She is not a particular fan of the adult industry, even though she became one of it biggest stars, and was anxious to leave it as soon as she could find an alternative.
If you want to remain a Canyon fan then don't read this book. If you do, you won't be able to watch her films or see her pictures in the same way again.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 .....personal reflection on Christy's book......, 2008-01-01
Let me just say that I enjoyed the book tremendously. It was very well written, and above all it was very sincere. That last part tends to be very uncommon among biographies, but you were not afraid to admit things that were hurtful as well as things that were probably very foolish. And whether you personally regret them or not, you were not shy about it.
I was able to personally relate to the book, and thats probably why I liked it the most. My life early life happened to be very similar to yours even though I grew up on the other side of the Atlantic. All of a sudden I realized that what was true there was true here. I was able to relate to certain emotions displayed in your book, especially as a kid. Being split between parents, and dealing with their spouses was not always an easy task. I think striving for attention, and doing really foolish and stupid things. At the time I felt very bad. I was thinking I was the only person in the world it was happening to. And I was doing very bad things, and I felt I was never going to be anybody in life. At least my immediate surrounding made me feel like that. I think I was able to spot that in your book too. I found that to be very in common. I was thinking that if I knew you in school we probably would become friends. Of course if we knew about all of these things that we find in common. I think at the time I needed to know someone who felt this way. Just to know how to take it all inside, how to deal with it. I wonder if you felt the same way growing up? When I read your book I felt that I wasnt all alone in this. That along the lines many people were facing similar traumas, and not really knowing how to relate to it. I remember once I met a girl who also went through similar ordeal. I remember talking with her late night after work (haha-we worked at Kmart) I remember her telling me how she felt about her religion class as a child. They tell you how everything should be, rosy and all, and then you come home and its the complete opposite. Did you ever feel like that? I really liked that girl at the time and hearing these things from her was like a revelation to me. It was like Im not alone..etc. I think similar emotions came over me when reading your book. I felt your sadness, but I also felt your happiness.
After reading this book I just feel like I know you more on the personal level. I know what went inside your head, and observed your thinking patterns. Youre no longer a girl with beautiful body I happened to see as a late teenager. I think there is a lot of beauty inside you as well. I wonder to myself how I would react if I saw any of your movies now?
On the other hand, I enjoyed your descriptions of the industry, most of it was really revealed to me for the first time. The fact that youve enjoyed your career was very positive. At least you didnt feel miserable like you did as a child. What an intense way to rebel. Ive done quite a few rebelling acts myself. Most of which Im not proud of, and probably should be left unspoken. In doing so, you are probably considered a legend, but you didnt loose your human factor. I really like that aspect about you. Youre still approachable. I mean, even when you responded to my e-mail, that says a lot. When I read the book, I wish I couldve written additional questions that popped in my head regarding some of the events. If you were to answer them all it probably could turn into an interview book.
I found quite few things being very funny, and I did laugh a lot. Especially some dealing with men that you described were hilarious. Being a man myself I wondered how I would react in such situation because you cant help to think that. But, I cant help to see the difference in styles. You know like you read something, and just say thats not me, or the opposite as well. Well, life situations tend to be awkward and funny, that is why Seinfeld was so authentic and funny. Youve quite a few of such moments. I think the funniest was the incident with the picture some guy sent it to you, and you gave it to that crazy woman on the street. I had a real laugh at that, very creative on your part, and unpredictable too.
One thing which for sure is great is when you look back at you life, and consider how many things have happened. Thats absolutely outstanding. You were able to make it into a book. And probably still have enough memories for a follow up or two. Being able to capture it in a fair, and not overly critical lightthats art.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
Some privacy has to be private/not all is revealed, 2007-12-06
As a fan of christy during the 80's and 90's, i enjoyed the book very much. My title explains just that, she can't disclose everything ? Any time someone of her stature and position, i think has the right to write want she/he wants to. I think she is going to write a second volume which is well worth the wait. I just plain out enjoyed her book. I think if she wrote about everything from day one till, when ever, she would have lost the reader ? You can only write about sex so much that it gets redudant. I highly recomend this book for all that enjoyed the ground breaking vhs era of the 80's ( adult video 0 and to all of Chrity's fans...a must read...
0 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
 No Sympathy for Crybaby Porn Star, 2007-11-18
Scarlett O'Hara is one of the few protagonists who is completely unlikable but incredibly compelling. Christy Canyon is a whining brat who insults others' appearances in order to build herself up and seems completely clueless on WHY her family and friends react to her life choices.
She goes on to say that she had no other choice to survive, but it's so hard to believe. Especially when she cries over and over again that it was the lack of paternal attention that drove her to her lifestyle. Okay, so you learned you can't count on your dad. All her musings are completely superficial, and she never goes on to say HOW her upbringing affected her choices and mindset.
No interesting inside information of the industry whatsoever and it feels like she transcribed her diary word for word. Especially since she introduces characters for the first time as if the reader had already known who they were from the get go.
If you're a fan of her movies, skim through for the sexual memories. If you're a fan of literature and memoirs, skip it.
One must admire the self publisher; a writer who receives countless "no thank you"s from publishing companies but still believes her manuscript is worth reading by anyone but her family.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Geniunely Enjoyable, 2007-08-25
It is not difficult to understand why there are so many mixed reviews of Christy Canyon's autobiography. But the majority of the less-than-stellar reviews are made by readers who really missed the point of the book. These reviews are largely based on superficial shortcomings which include typos and the lack of titilating material. But we all know that including such content would be an easy way out for the author. This is the author's perspective of her own life in her own words. The typos come with the perk of reading Christy's work in her own words and this makes the content all the more geniune and substantive. If this book wasn't self-published then Christy wouldn't even have the option of choosing its title.
Naturally, an autobiography will be colored by the author's perspective on her own experiences. This is inevitable. But if you can identify with some of these experiences (I know there are many readers with dysfunctional families and bad relationships) you'll definitely find this book an enjoyable read.
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