One day before Tori Spelling's new book Mommywood, hits store shelves, her mother Candy is making an emotional plea to connect via an open letter on her Web site, CandySpelling.com.

The 63-year-old wife of late mega-producer Aaron Spelling ("Beverly Hills, 90210," "Charlie's Angels," etc…) has said that daughter Tori, 35, has cut her off from seeing her two children with husband Dean McDermott, Liam, 2, and Stella, 10 months. But Tori has said that although they have not spoken, they are not having a feud.

Candy, who released her own book last month, Stories from Candyland, writes: "You haven't responded to my emails, phone calls and text messages. You say you look at my Web site, so I'm trying to reach you that way. I want to see you and your family -- in private, like the 'normal family' you say always wanted.

"With your book coming out tomorrow, the war of words will escalate. That's not what I want. I want us to be a family.

"My fax machine was burning up over the weekend with well-meaning people sending me excerpts of your new book. You write that you don't want to feel like you kept me apart from your children. You write:

"I would love to have a relationship with her… But I haven't stepped up to make that happen."

"Well, I'm stepping up. Call me, write me, text me.

"I'm a mother who, like every mother, wants communication and a great relationship with you, my daughter, and your family," writes Candy. "I'd love to work it out the way all families try to resolve issues. In private. But, as I wrote in a my book, I was a celebrity by marriage, then a celebrity by motherhood. That means that my life is public. I'm used to it. It comes with the territory.

"What makes it so difficult is to hear you say things like: I'd like to call my mother, or I love my mother but don't speak to her, or I think she has my nanny's phone number. I don't want a reunion via talk show or to speak through the press. I want a relationship with you and my grandchildren.

"I am hopeful. Love, Mom."

Watch ET for the latest developments.