Corrupt iPhoto library, need to restore

I loaded up iPhoto and some of my albums were showing blank thumbnails - the right number, but they were blank. And if I clicked on the thumbnail, the image opened but after closing it down the thumbnail was still incorrect. So I did cmd+opt when I opened it up and chose to rebuild - I checked the top 4 of the 6 available options. After leaving it for an hour and being told that 4164 versions had been restored, it still wasn't completing or even looking close to completing. So I closed it down, probably a mistake because when I loaded it up I had no events, no photos, or anything. The iPhoto library file was actually still the correct size (12GB app.) so my immediate reaction was to try to rebuild it again from that file. At this point, about 15 mins in, it looks like it is heading in the same direction. Which leads me to think that restoring from a Time Machine backup is probably the only option.
I've seen conflicting advice on how to restore from a backup and in some cases, it referred to older versions of iPhoto. I'm using the current, most up to date version so can anyone point me in the direction of the best way to do a restore.
Thanks...

to restore a file or folder in TM launch TM and in the resulting widow go back in time to the point you wnat to restore from - select the item to restore (the iPhoto library) and click restore and let TM do its thing - it probably is a good idea to use the keep both option until you complete the process rather than overwrite the current library - you can simply drag the current library to the desktop prior to restoring too
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