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The bullet points that make up Pamela Andersons life are a matter ofpublic record.

It would take a lifetime to understand another person.
But she tries to explain anyway.
Traumatic events, like a babysitters sexual violence, are told at an arms length.
Encounters with famous people are run-of-the-mill.
To her, these are just the plain facts of her carefree life.
To us, they add intriguing details to stories that have been covered for the past three decades.
Heres every story that stuck out.
Thats what happens when you are inappropriately messed with as a child.
Later on, a high-school boyfriend and gang member named Billy abused Anderson with his friends.
On-again, off-again boyfriend Jack attempted to run her over with his car.
I think you should probably get your things and get out of here, she writes.
Take only what you brought.
They were all giggling and kissing up against the wall, sliding all over each other.
I walked by to use the mirror, bending over the sink to fix my lip gloss.
Trying not to look, but I couldnt help myself and caught his eye in the reflection.
According to Anderson, Nicholson tells this story often.
He opened his robe and flashed me quickly completely naked underneath.
He said it was only fair, because he had seen me naked.Now were even.
Allen denied the claim.
How could I expect anyone to love me enough to see through it all?, she asks.
Then came complications, the unexpected injuries that led to more surgery, a vicious cycle.
I was fine the way I was.
I was confused, sad, tired, not in my right mind, she writes.
She was also overworked, taking speedy diet pills to stay awake while filming the show andBarb Wiresimultaneously.
She met her ex-husband at a charity concert she attended with partner in crime and photographer David LaChapelle.
Bob didnt appreciate my close relationship with David, she writes.
He also didnt believe David was really gay.
David and I have always been very close, soulmates in some ways.
Wed watch documentaries and talk about art.
When we walked in anywhere, people knew it was about to get wild.
Wed dance around in our underwear or less.
Hanging from the chandeliers.
People had warned me that Rick was a serious addict, but Id never seen that side of him.
It seemed like an exaggeration.
Rick insists to this day that my assistant planted the pipe in the tree to break us up.
They annulled the marriage after the incident.
They later reconciled marrying again in 2014 and divorcing in 2015.
And talked politics, and then some, with Julian Assange
Vivienne Westwood introduced her to Assange.
They talked about access to education, government corruption, and the environment with the Wikileaks founder as friends.
They also got frisky once.
She even tried to arrange a meeting with thenPrime Minister Scott Morrison.
Neither did the fact that advocating for Assange might piss off the United States.
She never got an audience with Morrison after all.