Playground: A Childhood Lost Inside the Playboy Mansion

Jennifer Saginor

Mar 2009 · Sold by Harper Collins

About this ebook

In the vein of Running with Scissors, Playground is the glitzy, glamorous, and surreal true story of a young girl who grew up inside the Playboy Mansion and never learned where the party stopped and the real world began. 

You are six years old. Every day after school your father takes you to a sprawling castle filled with exotic animals, bowls of candy, and half-naked women catering to your every need.

You have your own room. You have new friends. You have an uncle Hef who's always there for you.

Welcome to the world of Playground, the true story Jennifer Saginor who grew up inside the Playboy Mansion. By the time she was fourteen, she'd done countless drugs, had a secret affair with Hef's girlfriend, and was already losing her grip on reality. Schoolwork, family, and "ordinary people" had no meaning behind the iron gates of the Mansion, where celebrities frolicked, pool parties abounded, and her own father—Hugh Hefner's personal physician and best friend, the man nicknamed "Dr. Feel Good"—typically held court.

Every day was a party, every night was an adventure, and through it all was a young girl falling faster and faster down the rabbit hole—trying desperately hard not to get lost. 

Ratings and reviews

I really enjoyed this book... Its fascinating reading an insight into what it was really like in the playboy mansion... All the money and material things in the world can't bring you happiness like in the way of being brought up in a loving secure family... Sad really but was an enjoyable read I could not put the book down and its 5 stars from me 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🤗👍

Didn't really like it much. The authors constant need to tell the reader what clothing everyone wore got old fast. How she could remember things that happened to her at six years old cast doubt in my mind that anything she wrote was factual.

It was a little bit interesting but the writing wasn't very good and nothing much happened in the end. Wouldn't recommend this unless you have nothing to read

About the author

Jennifer Saginor was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, where she still lives. She has worked in production and development at Spelling Entertainment, Miramax Films, and the Motion Picture Corporation of America.