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Juicy: Confessions of a Former Baseball Wife Hardcover – September 6, 2005

by Jessica Canseco (Author)
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When nineteen-year-old Hooters trainee Jessica Sekely meets Jose Canseco -- one of the most famous baseball players of his time -- she falls in love with the slugger and everything about him. He is larger than life, from his bulging muscles and multimillion-dollar contract to his huge homes and hot cars. And he is as handsome a man as she has ever seen. But his sprawling house in Florida becomes her gilded cage when Jose is on the road, hitting home runs and bedding women in American League cities from Anaheim to Boston. Jessica blames herself and does everything she can to keep Jose faithful—nose jobs, new breast implants, and even going so far as to bring other women into their home for threesomes. But it wasn't enough. It was never enough.

Through it all, she breaks through the icy stares of the wives and girlfriends of Jose’s teammates and learns to honor the code of the baseball sorority -- If you see a ballplayer with another woman, keep your mouth shut!

While Jose, author of Juiced -- the #1 New York Times bestseller about steroids in baseball -- seems intent on self-destruction, Jessica willingly goes along for the ride. Their turbulent relationship careens from steroids to pregnancy, from marriage to the birth of a precious baby daughter, from private investigators to divorce attorneys -- with a black eye. This is the story of a beautiful young woman who falls in love with a hugely successful professional athlete, and who becomes addicted to him and to everything that his success seems to represent. It is also the story of a woman who spends the better part of ten years trying to beat that addiction, and who finds her true self in the process. Jessica Canseco's story is for every woman who has ever fallen for the wrong man. But unlike many such tales, this one has a happy ending.

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  1. Print length
    256 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    William Morrow
  4. Publication date
    September 6, 2005
  5. Dimensions
    6 x 0.89 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0060889454
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0060889456
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“Juicy is . . . in its guilty-pleasure way, almost irresistible. Its author is downright endearing.” — – Book Standard

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When nineteen-year-old Hooters trainee Jessica Sekely meets Jose Canseco -- one of the most famous baseball players of his time -- she falls in love with the slugger and everything about him. He is larger than life, from his bulging muscles and multimillion-dollar contract to his huge homes and hot cars. And he is as handsome a man as she has ever seen. But his sprawling house in Florida becomes her gilded cage when Jose is on the road, hitting home runs and bedding women in American League cities from Anaheim to Boston. Jessica blames herself and does everything she can to keep Jose faithful—nose jobs, new breast implants, and even going so far as to bring other women into their home for threesomes. But it wasn't enough. It was never enough.

Through it all, she breaks through the icy stares of the wives and girlfriends of Jose’s teammates and learns to honor the code of the baseball sorority -- If you see a ballplayer with another woman, keep your mouth shut!

While Jose, author of Juiced -- the #1 New York Times bestseller about steroids in baseball -- seems intent on self-destruction, Jessica willingly goes along for the ride. Their turbulent relationship careens from steroids to pregnancy, from marriage to the birth of a precious baby daughter, from private investigators to divorce attorneys -- with a black eye. This is the story of a beautiful young woman who falls in love with a hugely successful professional athlete, and who becomes addicted to him and to everything that his success seems to represent. It is also the story of a woman who spends the better part of ten years trying to beat that addiction, and who finds her true self in the process. Jessica Canseco's story is for every woman who has ever fallen for the wrong man. But unlike many such tales, this one has a happy ending.

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ William Morrow; First Edition (September 6, 2005)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0060889454
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0060889456
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.05 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.89 x 9 inches

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4.2 out of 5 stars
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tiffanyturtle
5.0 out of 5 stars I can't believe I'm admitting I read this...
Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2014
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Guilty pleasure. Solidifies how truly shallow Jose Canseco is. Interesting look into what happens when an ordinary girl is swept up into the life of a celebrity. It was juicy!
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Jennifer e. cannon
5.0 out of 5 stars great book, loved it
Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2013
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Great book, couldnt put it down,wish she had another more recent book out.Loved learning about her life after watching her on tv
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The Candid Critic
3.0 out of 5 stars "Juicy" Bloom - Like a Dirty Little Novel You Hide Under Your Mattress
Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2010
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I remember growing up as a teenager and getting a copy of Forever (Richard Jackson Books ) and Wifey and remembering that they were raunchy for a girl of 15 or 16 and I needed to hide them from my parents. This book reminded me of a somewhat raunchy Judy Bloom novel (although it lacked any romance). I had read the companion book to this by Jose Conseco called Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big initially and I wanted to hear Jessica's side of the story. I had to read the pair of them to hear both sides. This gave me a very interesting perspective.

First off we find out that Jessica is ADD and grows up as a farm girl and is a tad naive. This quickly turns into a shallow lifestyle and a first meeting with Jose Conseco. The book moves on from there and the story turns from bad to worse (for Jessica that is). She falls into a trap of a materialistic lifestyle and co-dependency. According to Jessica, Jose cannot stay faithful for an iota (his own neuroses obviously) and yet she continues to ride out the relationship. The book goes through the ups and downs of the relationship and the aspects of co-dependency. It is a completely shallow and voyeuristic view into the lives of both Jessica and Jose (although this is her story and her angle). Jessica redeems herself in the end when she discovers how co-dependent she has been and that 8 years of her life were spent trying a nurse a very dysfunctional relationship.

I gave the book only 3 stars because it is truly trashy beach reading. There is no self-help offered here (and the book does not pretend to be that). It's just one of those guilty pleasure reads that takes the reader into the heart of the tabloids. I like these types of books on occasion.

I wish the best for Jessica these days and actually wonder what she is up to??? One thing is for sure, after reading her story I am happy she got away from Jose.
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tommi
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2017
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awesome book i loved it
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John Matlock
5.0 out of 5 stars What a way to live a life, it's a Juicy story indeed.
Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2005
When watching major league baseball on TV you often see the camera pan to the ever supportive wives dutifully sitting at the park supporting their husbands. After reading this book I'll never think of them in the same way.

'Juicy,' a neat take off on Jose Canseco's book 'Juice,' is written by his second ex-wife. What a tale! Most of us grow up in dysfunctional families, most of us then create dysfunctional families of our own as we copy/work through/try to fix/live as we grew up.

This story though creates new (to me at least) boundries in the concept. More than just dysfunctional, these two are nuts. They are both beautiful people, living with more money than they can count, and never really growing up.

I found ths to be a fascinating book. It reads like a novel. Even though you know the ending, each chapter left me in amazement as to what they could come up with next. I realize that this is just her story, and that his story of the maeeiage would be different but who cares. This is not a story with a great deal of depth, but it is JUICY.
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MLC
4.0 out of 5 stars Overcoming control
Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2020
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Jessica’s mother and I are cousins, even though we have never met. Jessica’s great grandmother wrote a book on her life dealing with a different kind of abuse. Abuse is never right.
I appreciate Jessica's story so much, because I know too many women who are addicted to the mental and controlling behaviors of the men in their lives. Thank you, Jessica, for sharing your story.
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Elizabeth Snyder
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved It!!!
Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2005
I could not put this book down...read the whole thing in one day. I commend Jessica Canseco for having the guts to talk openly and honestly about her "addiction" to Jose Canseco. I really enjoyed following her growth from a young, naive, hooters wannabe, to an empowered woman and mother. This book is inspiring to those women (and there are MANY out there), who attach themselves to the wrong guy -- hoping that that guy will make them something.
9 people found this helpful
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Iris M. Green Delgado
1.0 out of 5 stars canseco's world
Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2009
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The book is easy to read but if I had the oportunity to live her life I would not spend my time degrading myself like she is doing in this book. Specially when you are involved with a celebrity that is orfan of a mother, she needs to replace the sexual love that she gives into a little bit of maternal love and sexual love. When I read the book i felt very sorry for her way of expressing herself. In 1994 I met her in person in her house and she look fantastic but it seems that jose is those types of men that destroyes the fisical and external beauty of any woman because probably he wants more and more of.....in a sexual relation. Today is 8/3/2009 and Jessica is marry to a profesional and I hope it works for her because every one deserve a good life in this small world, Thanks and God bless you all the fans.
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