The Naked Truth: The Real Story Behind the Real Housewife of New Jersey: In Her Own Words

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The Naked Truth: The Real Story Behind the Real Housewife of New Jersey: In Her Own Words

Author: Danielle Staub

Published: May 25th, 2010

Publisher: Gallery Books

Goodreads Summary: "Meet the Real Danielle…You’ve seen her on The Real Housewives of New Jersey, turning heads, raising eyebrows, and igniting feuds with her feisty suburban neighbors. Now, the always fascinating Danielle Staub gets real about her scandalous past in the year’s most explosive tell-all memoir. . . .When she signed on to appear in a reality TV show, Danielle had no idea what she was getting herself into. Hoping for a new lease on life after her recent divorce, the single mother of two became the target of vicious gossip, heated arguments, and endless controversy. When her housewife costars confronted her with the true crime book written about her ex-husband, the you-know-what hit the fan. Danielle knew she could no longer keep her checkered past a secret—and she had to set the record straight.This is the real Danielle Staub, in her own words, as you’ve never seen her before. The child of an unmarried Italian teenager, Danielle was born in Pennsylvania (under the name Beverly Merrill) after her mother was pressured by her well-to-do family to leave Italy and not return until after she’d put her baby up for adoption.After years of sexual abuse, she fled to Miami, where she became a model, living the kind of lifestyle she could only dream of as a child. She partied like a rock star and with them as well, but ended up marrying a deceitful man who held dangerous secrets of his own. Soon Danielle was caught up in a tangled web of lies, drugs, and abuse that landed her in the hospital more than once.

How she survived—leaving her husband, changing her name, and finally giving birth to two lovely daughters—is one shocking story you have to read to believe. If you thought The Real Housewives of New Jersey gave you the real story of Danielle Staub, you don’t know the half of it. Filled with glamour and grit, heartbreak and heroism, this brave, no-holds-barred memoir reveals the naked truth behind reality TV’s most talked-about star.
“You either love me or you hate me, there is no in between .” —Danielle Staub
For the first time ever, one of the stars of the hit television show The Real Housewives of New Jersey tells her side of the story, including . . .
• The truth behind Cop Without a Badge, the book that shocked the other housewives in the first season’s explosive finale.
• Her flashy, fast-paced life as a Miami model—and exotic dancer.
• Her controversial arrest and time spent in prison.
• Her wild hookups with famous celebrities, including an Olympian and a Miami Vice star.
• Her abusive childhood, rocky marriages, stormy divorces—and her triumphant rise as one of television’s most intriguing personalities.
It’s all here—and all real—in this straight-from-the-hip memoir from the Real Housewife who has all of New Jersey talking . . . and the whole world watching."

Concept/Ideas: 3/5
Writing Style: 4/5

I remember back when season one of TRHOJ was on, and I always liked Danielle the best. Discovering that she had a memoir out, I was eager to read it.

Where to begin...
In all honestly, I thought she would talk more about the show and what went on with it after the other women found out about "the book", but she barely did. She pretty muched skimmed it ever so slightly, and that was it. If your looking for a book about the show, this isn't the one for you.

Basically, this book is kind of play-by-play of her early life, leading up to her children's birth.
Most of the book consists of her talking about being an exotic dancer, and how proud she was of it. Um... sorry, not something I think you should be proud of. She was a typical wild girl in her twenties.

She talks about how she had a lot of money being married to her husband when she had her children, but then talks about how poor she is after he leaves her... Okay... but how did she suddenly earn money again and get to the position she is today? She never explained that, which would have been interesting to know.

I do like Danielle Staub, but the book just went on for too long about being a dancer. Boring. I was looking for more juicy Real Housewife stuff.

Overall, it was a good book, and I enjoyed learning about her life.

In my opinion? Read the bio on the book. That's it in a nutshell.