Down the Rabbit Hole (memoir)
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| Author | Holly Madison |
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| Genre | Memoir Nonfiction |
| Published | June 23, 2015 |
| Publisher | Dey Street Books |
| ISBN | 978-0062372109 |
Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny is a New York Times bestselling memoir by ex-Playboy Bunny Holly Madison.[1] Madison's debut tell-all features her early life and her infamous adventures as the former main girlfriend of Hugh Hefner and star of the television show The Girls Next Door.[2]
Published on June 23, 2015, by Dey Street Books, this 352-page book was featured in many online and print news sources like TMZ, People magazine, Us Weekly, and Huffington Post, explained Madison's perspective of life at the Playboy Mansion.[3]
In her memoir, Madison revealed that she hadn't planned on penning the tell-all until she realized young fans had a wrong idea about life within the mansion. The book not only caused tension between Madison and ex-boyfriend Hugh Hefner but former girlfriend Kendra Wilkinson as well. Wilkinson was so bothered by the memoir that it became spurred into an ongoing feud between herself and Madison.[4][5]
Madison criticized the environment she lived in while living at the Playboy Mansion, describing it as Hefner's "twisted world" and a place where she was tempted to commit suicide.[6][7]
In 2015 Madison told E! Online the possibility of a TV movie in the future.[8]
Madison's follow-up to Down the Rabbit Hole, titled The Vegas Diaries: Romance, Rolling the Dice, and the Road to Reinvention, was published on May 17, 2016, by Dey Street Books.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ Cowles, Gregory (2015-07-02). "Inside the List". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
- ^ "Holly Madison's Memoir "Lifts the Veil" on Her Playboy Mansion Past". Us Weekly. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
- ^ Zupkus, Lauren (2015-03-22). "Holly Madison To Release Memoir About Life Inside The Playboy Mansion". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
- ^ "Why Holly Madison & Kendra Wilkinson-Baskett Are Both Right". E! Online. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
- ^ "Bridget Marquardt: My Take on Holly and Kendra's Feud". Us Weekly. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
- ^ "Holly Madison: I Wanted to Kill Myself at the Playboy Mansion". People. 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
- ^ Wiseman, Eva (January 28, 2024). "'I had to play mind games to survive': Crystal Hefner on life in the Playboy Mansion". The Guardian. Retrieved February 3, 2024.
- ^ "Exclusive! Holly Madison's Tell-All Memoir to be a TV Movie". E! Online. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
- ^ "Amazon.com: Holly Madison: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 2017-04-23.