Jason Priestley: A Memoir

By Jason Priestley

Book Overview

Jason Priestley, star of the iconic hit television series Beverly Hills, 90210 and one of the biggest teen idols of the 1990s, chronicles the highs and lows of his life and career in this charming and honest memoir. The hit Fox show Beverly Hills, 90210 became a cultural touchstone of the 1990s and propelled its young cast to mega-stardom, including Jason Priestley, who played honorable Midwestern transplant Brandon Walsh. Yet despite more than twenty years in and out of the limelight, Priestley has carefully maintained his privacy. In this compelling memoir, the actor, director, and race-car aficionado invites us into his private world for the first time. With humor, sincerity, and charm, Priestley offers little-known details about his life and stories of his nine years in America's most famous zip code. He talks candidly about celebrity, marriage, fatherhood, and his passion for car racing. He does not shy away from the devastating lows--his brief jail sentence for drunk driving and the crash at the Kentucky Speedway that nearly took his life. Priestley shares his innermost thoughts about life as a '90s icon, and goes beyond the Brandon Walsh squeaky-clean image, revealing the tumultuous events that have shaped him, and where he finds his greatest happiness today.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062247581
• ISBN13: 9780062247582
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: HarperOne
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Great memoir

Really great book. This is the first Memoir that I've had the pleasure of reading. It was interesting to read the history and aspects of Jason's life. If you are a Beverly Hills 90210 fan and like Jason Priestley, I think you'd thoroughly enjoyed this book and I recommend it.

Really enjoyed...

I really enjoyed this book more then I thought I was going to. But I didn’t finish once he had met his now wife. Got kind of boring after that. I had read previous reviews on this book and people were irritated when he would mention certain celebrities he knows. As if it’s his fault. They were annoyed he mentioned he was roommates with Brad Pitt. Which is crazy because if he was roommates with him for a few years why would he try to hide it. Anyway he also mentions he was not considered the good looking one between him and brad. Which I had to laugh because Jason was absolutely gorgeous especially the first season of 90210 and would pick him any day. Good book and fun read. Gave a lot of info about him and the members of 90210.