Danielle Steel’s Memoir Pure Joy (with Sarah Wendell)

Glamorous Trash: A Celebrity Memoir Podcast

Chelsea Devantez

Society & Culture, Arts, Books

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Chelsea is joined by Smart Bitches Trashy Books host Sarah Wendell to break down Danielle Steel’s unhinged 2013 dog memoir “Pure Joy.” Spoiler alert! It’s not really about the dogs. They unpack Danielle’s FIVE marriages, her habit of surprise dog-gifting, and a 20-hour writing schedule that explains everything and nothing all at once. Plus, poop politics and a ranking system for dogs so tough, her first dog didn’t even make the dedication page. Trigger warning: This episode discusses sensitive topics, including suicide and sexual assault. Take care while listening, and find helpful resources here. Join the cookie community: Become a member of the Patreon Follow Chelsea: Instagram @chelseadevantez Show Notes: Correction: Danielle only had 5 husbands - Danielle wrote about the husband mix-up in a blog post. Smart Bitches Trashy Books Ep on Gilded Age with Joanna Shupe History of Danielle Steel’s 55-room San Francisco Mansion Danielle Steel blogs about her dogs Barbra Streisand’s Memoir Ep Where to find our Guest: Sarah Wendell Smart Bitches Trashy Books Podcast Website Instagram Bluesky *** Glamorous Trash is all about going high and low at the same time— Glam and Trash. We recap and book club celebrity memoirs, deconstruct pop culture, and sometimes, we cry! If you've ever referenced Mariah Carey in therapy... then this is the podcast for you. Thank you to our sponsors: Visit Brooklinen.com and use code TRASH to get $20 off your order of $100 or more. Libro.fm - Click here to get 2 audiobooks for the price of 1 with your first month of membership using code TRASH. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Sitting quietly once you've made the house all shiny.
0:04.0	Down time can be just fine, plain bangers from them 90s.
0:08.0	Tea break.
0:09.0	Lunt break.
0:10.0	Maybe listen to the outbreak.
0:12.0	Sometimes it's not time for some tombola, right?
0:15.0	It's enjoying lasagna time, chilling with a book time, or time to visit your nan time go on play some other time
0:22.7	put your phone down
0:23.9	Tombollah
0:24.7	Open for fun
0:26.5	Terms apply 18 plus gambleaware
0:28.8	org
0:29.4	At pure gym
0:31.3	Whatever you're here for
0:32.6	We're here for it
0:33.8	So whether you're here to meet your goals
0:35.9	Or meet your gals Take a bit of me time,
0:40.3	or a weight off, getting back on the bike, or filling the tea while you spin. They said what?
0:49.3	We're here for it. With 50% off your first month and no joining fee for a limited time. Whatever you're
0:55.7	here for, we're here for it. Pure Jim. Terms and conditions apply.
1:05.3	Welcome to Glammer's Trash. This is a celebrity memoir podcast where we dig into all of the
1:09.7	glamour and all of the trash.
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