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This biographical story is memorably well-told. The author really does put you right where she is at every innocent misstep of her young life. I am probably of her mother's generation with a daughter of approximately Jennifer Saginor's age who would have had similar social references up until the moment Jennifer Saginaw's childhood is interfused with the lives of her criminally neglectful father and all of the players in the unconstrained, dissolute mansion that is indeed her Playground.

At six years old she is gradually moved into the infamous Playboy Mansion where her father is Doctor Feelgood to Hugh Hefner. To jealously control her life away from her mother and yet maintain his never really in jeopardy position as pusher and physician to the star(s) her father insists on keeping her wherever he is which is right by the side of Hef at the mansion. Jennifer has a natural childish curiosity and the awareness that she is living in the most inappropriate environment imaginable and that while at the mansion she will have absolutely no supervision is not entirely lost on her. She is initially oblivious to the other side of what she is experiencing and seeing. but slowly and very surely it all becomes the currency of her life. For a while she is the ultimate cool kid in school, but her lack of boundaries takes her to places even her school friends don't want to go.

Through all of this Jennifer is very aware that this is not the normal childhood and adolescence that she frequently craves and the awful truth that she lives with everyday is that there is no such safe place in her life.

Remember, this is a true story and although many names have been changed there are several who are named and shamed throughout this book. Her father "Doc" Saginor sits firmly atop this list. He is a perpetually psychopathic and corrupt golden chain around her neck and his self indulgent, ambitious depravity drags her through his downward spiralling drug-addled life. Then there is
her mother who is missing in action from her daughter's life. Jennifer is not an easy child and the woman seems to be an emotional coward who knowingly stands on the sidelines watching her little girl's mind and body be wrecked. It is easier than any of the alternatives. Then there are all of the characters who make their appearances at the Playboy mansion - some of them are very well known; some not so much or not at all; the many and various fun naked people performing sex acts and using very hard drugs in the presence of a child and in some cases offering to share them with her; the kindly staff who appear to have handed over their consciences in return for their jobs and who would probably never allow any children in their own lives anywhere near the place. Finally there's "Hef" who gets a total pass from Jennifer. In her telling he has never wronged her or judged her. Hef is like a benign and blithely unaware uncle that sometimes pops up in the narrative, except he's none of those things.

This book was hard to read inasmuch as I wanted to reach in and grab child Jennifer and adolescent Jennifer and haul her out of there. As hard as it was to read some of her accounts, it had to be extraordinarily difficult for Ms Saginor to take herself back to each instance and recreate the scenes, smells, her and others' actions, reactions and most of all her feelings. I feel she is a strong person and I hope her telling of her truth helps to put away the monsters of her youth.

I thoroughly recommend this book.


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Playground A Childhood Lost Inside the Playboy Mansion Jennifer Saginor 9780060761578 Books Reviews

My reading of Playground is perfectly timed with Hugh Hefner's 90'th birthday and the end of an era. This book although sensational, is scandalous and disturbing! Marc Saginor (Hef's personal physician, confidante and best friend) is a narcissistic and mentally abusive father who is so consumed with Hefner's lifestyle, he chooses to live in his shadow for the majority of his life. What some people don't know is that Hefner grossly interfered with the publication of this book by thwarting scheduled appearances and canceling interviews in an effort to make the release nearly impossible. Jennifer Saginor prevails and is able to tell her salacious memoir in what some would describe as the "watered down" version made suitable for publication. Her vivid recollection of the 70's and 80's, a time when the Playboy Mansion was in full splendor is impressive! Regardless of what you think of her writing style or whether the dates are 100% accurate, she paints a very clear picture of life at the mansion and the effect if has on her childhood. What is interesting is that Hefner never denied the events taking place. His only real concern was being exposed for engaging in illicit behavior with underage girls. Some of the dates were changed. A lot of material was omitted. Big deal. It doesn't mean it never happened!
The author clings to a world filled with fashion, music, sex and drugs when clinging to a loving family life isn't possible. It's a tragically irresistible read!!!
This was a very interesting book. I thought the author also seemed like she could write well, except for a few grammatical mistakes that I found in the book, I liked the author's choice of words a lot. This book is less about the playboy mansion and more about a girl growing up in a dysfunctional family with a perverted, father who has no idea of what parenting is, and a clueless mother....the girl grows up very screwed up and ends up doing many drugs. Because this a memoir, I feel bad for the author. She has been through a lot of tremendous pain---the kind of pain that people often suffer from dealing with the aftermath of making poor choices because of ultimately, how they were raised. Her father is portrayed as a good man with the right intentions but as someone who is very screwed up and who is perverted, often exposing himself in front of his children and seeing nothing wrong with it. Her father puts her in real harm and often later on in the novel it seems like he is going to kill her in a drug induced haze. Jennifer, ends up being molested and taken advantage of by a playboy bunny when she is underage and she is duped into/lets herself feel that it is a romance, when in fact, she is only being taken advantage of. But anyone who grew up that way would have a warped sense of what a genuinely loving relationship is?
It's an interesting read and it shows you how much family dynamics come into play when it comes to someone growing up and becoming a well rounded person or not. It shows you that family and having decent parents is very important, and that sometimes when someone doesn't have that, they often go down a bad path and don't have any self esteem/self worth, confidence, or any idea of how they should really be being treated.
This biographical story is memorably well-told. The author really does put you right where she is at every innocent misstep of her young life. I am probably of her mother's generation with a daughter of approximately Jennifer Saginor's age who would have had similar social references up until the moment Jennifer Saginaw's childhood is interfused with the lives of her criminally neglectful father and all of the players in the unconstrained, dissolute mansion that is indeed her Playground.

At six years old she is gradually moved into the infamous Playboy Mansion where her father is Doctor Feelgood to Hugh Hefner. To jealously control her life away from her mother and yet maintain his never really in jeopardy position as pusher and physician to the star(s) her father insists on keeping her wherever he is which is right by the side of Hef at the mansion. Jennifer has a natural childish curiosity and the awareness that she is living in the most inappropriate environment imaginable and that while at the mansion she will have absolutely no supervision is not entirely lost on her. She is initially oblivious to the other side of what she is experiencing and seeing. but slowly and very surely it all becomes the currency of her life. For a while she is the ultimate cool kid in school, but her lack of boundaries takes her to places even her school friends don't want to go.

Through all of this Jennifer is very aware that this is not the normal childhood and adolescence that she frequently craves and the awful truth that she lives with everyday is that there is no such safe place in her life.

Remember, this is a true story and although many names have been changed there are several who are named and shamed throughout this book. Her father "Doc" Saginor sits firmly atop this list. He is a perpetually psychopathic and corrupt golden chain around her neck and his self indulgent, ambitious depravity drags her through his downward spiralling drug-addled life. Then there is
her mother who is missing in action from her daughter's life. Jennifer is not an easy child and the woman seems to be an emotional coward who knowingly stands on the sidelines watching her little girl's mind and body be wrecked. It is easier than any of the alternatives. Then there are all of the characters who make their appearances at the Playboy mansion - some of them are very well known; some not so much or not at all; the many and various fun naked people performing sex acts and using very hard drugs in the presence of a child and in some cases offering to share them with her; the kindly staff who appear to have handed over their consciences in return for their jobs and who would probably never allow any children in their own lives anywhere near the place. Finally there's "Hef" who gets a total pass from Jennifer. In her telling he has never wronged her or judged her. Hef is like a benign and blithely unaware uncle that sometimes pops up in the narrative, except he's none of those things.

This book was hard to read inasmuch as I wanted to reach in and grab child Jennifer and adolescent Jennifer and haul her out of there. As hard as it was to read some of her accounts, it had to be extraordinarily difficult for Ms Saginor to take herself back to each instance and recreate the scenes, smells, her and others' actions, reactions and most of all her feelings. I feel she is a strong person and I hope her telling of her truth helps to put away the monsters of her youth.

I thoroughly recommend this book.