Everybody's favorite “mom-ager ” Kris Jenner shares her never-before-told story of the savvy businesswoman behind the multi-million dollar Kardashian empire.
You think you know her . . .
The Kardashians are famous for letting it all hang out. Whether they’re moving cross-country, settling a family feud, dealing with heartbreak, or just having fun with one another, their lives are utterly relatable. No wonder America can’t get enough. But what have Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, and the rest of the Kardashian clan got that we haven’t got? Off-the-charts beauty, millions of dollars, and Kris Jenner—the superstar mom and manager who made them into the family we can’t resist.
On Keeping Up with the Kardashians, we watch Kris do it all. She runs a household, manages her children’s successful careers, produces four television shows featuring her larger-than-life family, and still finds time to tweet to her fans . How does she manage to maintain her composure, enviable elegance, and unflappable sense of humor? After raising six children of her own, in addition to being a stepmother to four and a grandmother, multitasking is Kris’s way of life. But she would have never made it without her unwavering belief in God.
In this thoughtful, candid, and no-nonsense memoir, Kris Jenner is an open book about the good times and the rough patches. She shares the reality of living her hectic life in the celebrity spotlight, touching on topics that will resonate with women everywhere—love, loss, marriage, divorce, motherhood, and faith. Kris talks about her marriages to Olympic champion Bruce Jenner and Robert Kardashian, the late father of her four oldest children—and how it was Bruce who finally helped end the Kardashians’ messy divorce so they could all move forward as a family. She writes with candor and vivid insider detail about her close friendships with Nicole Brown Simpson and O.J. Simpson, as well as Nicole’s murder, its aftermath, and the infamous trial. She also puts her oftencontroversial parenting style under the microscope as she relates the details of her decision to make her charming family into an international brand with a blockbuster reality television franchise.
If you think your life is chaotic, try keeping up with Kris Jenner.
Kristen Mary "Kris" Jenner (née Houghton, previously Kardashian; born November 5, 1955) is an American socialite, author and television personality.
In her television ventures, Jenner has appeared on Keeping Up with the Kardashians, Kourtney and Khloé Take Miami, Khloé & Lamar, Kourtney and Kim Take New York, Good Morning America, The Talk and America's Next Top Model.
Divorced from lawyer Robert Kardashian, she has been married to Bruce Jenner since 1991. She has four children with Robert (Kourtney, Kim, Khloe, and Robert Jr.) and two with Bruce (Kendall and Kylie).
As of 2011, Jenner's net worth is estimated at $20 million.
Look, I know it may be difficult to take me seriously because I've given the Kris Jenner book 4 stars, but hear me out. It's good. I mean come on - Kris admits to cheating on Robert Kardashian in a scandalous affair with some loser AND gives us intimate details on the whole Nicole Brown Simpson murder!! She even tells us wether or not she thinks O.J. is guilty. In fact, I was shocked that such a huge chunk of this book was about that case and so little was written about Kris' now famous family. Don't get me wrong, there are some juicy deets spilled about the Kardashian Klan and I ate them all up - don't judge! I gotta keep up! But there is a lot more to this book than just celebrity gossip and fluff, and I suggest you read it.
P.S. - Does anyone else think that Scott Disick looks like a young Christian Bale circa American Psycho??
Judge away, but this shit was $3.99 at TJ Maxx and I'm a sucker for a cheap book. She's pretty shameless but whatever she's doing is working, whatever she's selling people are buying and I've been known to get dragged into an ep or two of Keeping up with the Kardashians.
She's pretty candid about her affair and for all her success pretty much credits that as her one failure in life... and losing money on a town home. Her other eye-rolly moment was when everyone was gathered around her before her neck lift surgery and THAT's when she realized how she is so "blessed". She also dedicates a number of pages to her friend Nicole Brown Simpson, her death and friendship/trial of OJ Simpson. It's pretty surreal since she was so close to the whole thing, but also manages to make it a little about her.
She doesn't cover the sex tape which is essentially how people know Kim, she associates it to her friendship with Paris Hilton. She rambles a lot, name drops constantly and pretty much openly admits that Kim is her favorite, but it's all kind of endearing. GOD HOW DOES SHE DO IT?! (I hate myself)
Can't believe I'm giving this a decent rating but it was genuinely interesting. It's uncharacteristically lacking in Kardashian kool aid and more about Kris' upbringing, life with Robert, and the OJ trial. (And her narcissism. She is simply the GREATEST. ;))
It's fabulous that this book was published in 2011 during more desperate Kardashian kash-grab efforts. I doubt Kris would have been this honest about what a clown of a mother she is and how unhealthy their family dynamics are. If you're interested in the OJ trial and you can forgive the many times Kris inserts herself and exaggerates her relevance in case, it's worth the read.
Many people think The Kardashians are just famous for being famous, but people don't take into account that they are real people, a real family, with real problems. I believe this book gives a look into Kris Jenners life that not many people know or understand. I like the fact that she doesn't hold back anything and lets the reader into everything that had happened in her life good or bad. She strives to be a great mother, great wife, businesswoman, and a rock for her family and friends. The book was well written and reminds me why I love the Kardashians SO much! Loved it!
Please don't judge me. Out of curiosity, I recently watched an episode of The Kardashians. It's a silly show, but I felt compelled to learn more about how this massive empire began. The book is also a bit silly, but I did I learn a lot. It was interesting to read about her friendship with O.J. Simpson and Nicole Brown, and what it was like for her to watch the trial unfold. Kris Jenner has had a crazy life, she works hard and she has definitely made the most of the opportunities that have come her way.
“Kris Jenner and all things Kardashian” details Kris’s Jenner’s biography and stepping stones to creating the media frenzy currently enjoyed by this family. Kris herself came from a modest family background, her grandmother ran a candle store, and her father left them when she was little. Kris the teenager has a romance with a professional golfer, and gradually gets introduced to Robert Kardashian, a family-oriented lawyer of Armenian descent who fell head over heels for her. Kris doesn’t feel the same way, and spends a long time brushing him off. By their third meeting he proposes marriage, but Kris isn’t interested. She’s engaged to someone else—even though by this point, she doesn’t love him either. Eventually, Kris breaks off her engagement (she’s still really young, and working as a stewardess at the time) and marries Robert Kardashian. Wealthy Kardashian leaves in the swanky Beverly Hills and introduces Kris to a life she did not know before. They start a family. Which is where the foundation of the story begins.
There’s a lot touched upon this book—Kris’s infidelity to Robert with a young twenty something, the disintegration of their marriage and Kris’s re-marriage to Olympic champion Bruce Jenner, their friendship with Nicole Brown and O.J. Simpson, Robert Kardashian’s inclusion in the legal defense team of O.J. Simpson, as well as the family’s accidental foray into reality-television which created a brand for them out-of-thin air.
Even if you’re not a fan of the limelight surrounding the Kardashians, and frankly I never watched their show, this book is an interesting look at Kris, a business-savvy woman who uses what she has to become incredibly rich. While many stop at simply marrying rich, Kris goes one step further. She acts as a manager for her own daughters, and at one point describes resurrecting Bruce Jenner’s career as a public speaker by creating media kits for him. After her family becomes famous because of the reality shows, she talks about supplementing the income with a nutritional supplement business, skin care line, clothing line, spin-off shows, etc. At one point, she writes “How can I take these fifteen minutes of fame and turn them into thirty? How can I get paid to do what I love?” And perhaps this is the main lesson of the book.
Read this hoping to discover that Kris isn't as shallow as she seems. It kinda seems like she's a devoted mom who lives for her children. That's noble, right? Sad truth...she really is that shallow. Her staunch love for her family translates into dollar signs and dysfunction. A family pattern she has successfully imbedded in her children.
She writes a few chapters about Nicole Simpson who was her dear friend - but even that portion seems like extortion. It was a very sad time for all involved. But it's part of her history so it's in the book.
There's literally nothing to this woman. She's a fierce business woman who loves money and is really good at accumulating it. Really good. Zero morals, zero concern for anyone outside of her circle. I just saved you 4 hours of your life. You're welcome.
Even when I thought that this book might get annoying, it actually never did. Kris is very likeable in this book and she is honest about her life and her families'. It never seemed or felt to me like she was bragging about their successes and to be honest I really enjoyed her honesty about the whole OJ Simpson & Nicole Simpson tragedy. I had heard that they were close friends but I did not know how close until reading this book. It must have been very hard for the Kardashian family to have been on different sides of the fence when it came to what sides they were on in regards to the murder.
It was interesting to know that Kris is from San Diego and that her family owned a candle store growing up. The first chapter was very touching on how she described some of the memories as a child in that store. I also did not know that she had an affair when she was married to Robert, which was the cause for the divorce.
Overall, I think fans of the Keeping up with the Kardashians show will enjoy this book. Although I do not watch the show anymore like I did the first seasons, I still loved the book and would recommend it~
This book is interesting and disturbing at the same time. It's interesting to hear the back story of the woman who literally thinks she runs the world- and interesting to see how she became so narcissistic. On the other hand- knowing the back story literally disgusted me and made me feel sorry for her poor children that they were raised by this self-absorbed woman who will stop at nothing for fame and fortune. The name dropping in this book is beyond and it honestly explains why the Kardashians are who they are.
I have a love/hate anything Kardashian philosophy. I try to keep up with what's going on in the entertainment world because you never know when I might be on a trivia show and a Kardashian question might come up.
On the one hand, I must say this book was better than Kyle Richards' recent book.
While on the one hand Kris is a real powerhouse, I'm not sure if it's all in a good way. She is a social climber and has done an excellent job at it. Her work ethic seems to have been picked up by some of her children. Also, her potty-mouth.
I did not realize the extent of the relationship with the Simpsons. I find Robert Kardashian a very interesting person. I wonder what he would think about the 2012 Kardashians?
Kudos to Kris for working hard and making the money she has. I don't contribute to their fortune in any form or manner (I did not buy this book, I got it from the library). I do appreciate being in the right place at the right time with the right stuff.
I absolutely loved this memoir. The Kardashians are my guilty pleasure and just love this reality family. This book was not about the glitz and the glam but about Kris' life and the ups and downs she faced. I liked how a good portion of the book focused on her relationship with OJ Simpson and Nicole Brown and about the murder and trial. Definitely interesting. I recommend this book if you're a fan of the Kardashians, even if you're not it's still a good read!
Judge me if you must, but this book was $1.99 at Goodwill and I have zero self control. Kris Jenner is so absolutely shameless and real in this and while she’s just detailing her life so far, I was pretty hooked. Nothing spectacular, but I enjoyed myself decently enough.
Kris Jenner is the “Momager” to all her kids but is her husband Bruce’s manager as well. Most people today know her from their family show Keeping Up With The Kardashians but there is so much more to her story. How she got to the point she is in today. From where she started with the strong women who influenced her early in life, to her marriage to Robert Kardashian, to her friendships with Nicole and O.J. Simpson, to how she met and married Bruce Jenner. She tells all.
Dollycas’s Thoughts I was so excited to get this book for review. I do not watch a lot of reality television but I do watch all the Kardashian shows. I find them to be a nice “escape” for me and one of my “guilty pleasures”, even with all Kim’s drama happening now with her divorce, but that’s a topic for another day. It is just sad that it may have taken away from Kris’s big launch of this very entertaining and enlightening book.
This book is 98% about Kris Jenner’s life before the Kardashian family entered the television spotlight with their shows. I knew her first husband was part of O.J. Simpson’s “Dream Team” but never realized the friendship between Kris and Nicole Simpson. Kris gives us the inside view of that friendship and the trial and unique way it touched her whole family, including her now husband Bruce Jenner.
A lot of people say the Kardashian’s are famous for being famous and that may be true. Kris Jenner is the force behind this family and she took what she had to work with and has basically turned it to “gold” for this entire family. You cannot argue her work ethic, she is a successful business woman and has passed her drive onto her children. Mistakes were made in her life but she kept going. The book is a testament to perseverance. This book is written with the same mantra as the show, she tells us the good and the bad, the triumphs and the pitfalls.
She did gloss over a few things in the book that I felt should have been addressed but then I realized they weren’t part of her story. Let Kim talk about her trials and tribulations in her own book someday. The same with the Scott Disick drama, that is for Kourtney to talk about in her own time.
I truly enjoyed this well written memoir. If you are a fan of the Kardashians you will like it too.
I picked this one up after hearing about it on the premiere episode of "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" (yes, I watch that show, and I enjoy it) and hearing about some affair that Kris Jenner had. I didn't know she wrote a book, a few days later I got this from my local library, and honestly, I couldn't put it down.
The book starts off with Kris and her childhood. It spans her adulthood with a pro-golfer boyfriend till she meets Robert Kardashian. Then the book sorta goes to a different tone. Its all about her life with Robert, having babies etc. Then comes her affair which ruins her marriage and it results in divorce. After that she meets Bruce Jenner. After this point, there are about 70 pages or so about OJ and Nicole Brown Simpson. Honestly, I knew Kris was friends with Nicole cause she had mentioned it before. But I didn't really get that they were THAT close. That part of the story ends at the end of the trial. Then the book is really all about getting clothing stores together, the tv show, and on and on.
The book was pretty interesting, but I felt some things were rushed over or skipped over only to be brought up much later. Like how did they get to know all these famous people, was it just because she met Robert Kardashian, and things like that. But overall it entertained me and I enjoyed it.
I didn't know what to expect from Kris Jenner's autobiography, but honestly I was blown away. Her life has had plenty of ups and downs, but what comes through very strongly is her aggressive attitude to making the most of life. Her approach to life is so refreshing and empowering, it now doesn't surprise me the success she has achieved for herself and her family. Her personal views on life align with a lot of my own, so maybe that's why enjoyed this so much? She's a woman who has always dreamed big, made plans, had goals and imagined great things for herself, which I think is amazing.
I came away from reading this with a great deal of admiration for Kris and what she has achieved and thought the advice/life lessons she offered were spot on. She didn't preach, she told you about her mistakes and then outlined what she would do differently now and what she would say to people going through a similar situation.
I'm not a Keeping up with the Kardashians fan, in fact I don't watch much TV at all, but I admire her greatly as a business woman, a mother and someone who reinvented herself later in life.
Now I want a part 2, to cover the more recent developments like Bruce/Caitlyn. Please!
This was our second book club pick and it made for a ridiculous book club party. I enjoyed reading about Kris's past and her affairs and how she came to meet Robert Kardashian. The biggest chunk of the book focuses on Nicole Brown Simpson and the OJ trial and how it affected her relationship with Robert and her children. That stuff was fascinating, but other than that she's just rambling about her new houses and her success and how everything is just "amaaaazing". Also it's super obvious that Kim is her favorite child. I liked the book better when it was about the past, humble beginnings. I still don't understand how she came to rub shoulders with rich and famous, or how she afforded all the nice clothes, fancy vacations and what not. It seemed to skip some parts where it was like ohhhh I'm divorced, heyyy Bruce Jenner! Was it really that quick?
To top this off, we tweeted Kris at our book club party with all our Armenian foods, Pomegranite martinis, and her book in the center, and no retweet or reply! I know we're not famous, but we're still supporting her $26 book at our club.
This was a surprise. I thought I was going to read a palette cleansing book before moving on to other more in-depth and interesting books, but Kris surprised me by not just being a decent writer and story-teller, but by having an interesting life before her kids and before Bruce.
It goes through her friendships with Nicole Brown Simpson and OJ Simpson and we get HER side of the trial and everything that went with it. It was a really good book.
Woulda been better had she written about how she pushed the Kim/Reggie sex tape into the public eye. Mother will put everything out for the world to see but won't admit she pimped out her own daughter? Where would they be today if it wasn't for that sex tape?
My favourite quote from the book is “My neck lift surgery taught me some amazing lessons about life. About love, friendship and loyalty, self control and the power of letting go.”
I really enjoyed this book, to a point. I am fascinated by the Kardashians (and my husband think's it's an irrational obsession), so I picked up the book. Kris is a decent writer and I was truly sucked in to learn about her upbringing and how she came to marry Robert Kardashian. It was a great story.
Then there was the information about the OJ/Nicole story. She went into great depth about the deterioration of their relationship and the trial, which I found fascinating as well. I was really excited to read more about the family as I noted how much detail she went into.
Then the trial was over and there was only about 20% of the book left...she breezed right through the stuff on her family accomplishments! I was stunned that she summed up the tv show(s), the fashion empire, the fragrances, and many other details about their life! She could have written so much more. I know I shouldn't be as mesmerized as I am, but I wanted MORE!
They are famous for being famous, but if given the opportunity to be where they are, I think a good percentage of Americans would trade places with them in a heartbeat!