IPhoto issues, won't open, says its damaged.. help me please!

I am in desperate need of help. I bought my mac book pro june 19th 2011, and it is already failing. I would not have spent so much money on an Apple, if only i knew 6 months later, it would fall apart.
My iphoto is not working. When I try to open iphoto, this message pops up :
Your photo library is either in use by another application or has become unreadable
Shut down and restart your computer, and then open iPhoto again. If the problem persists, try rebuilding your photo library. To do this, quit iPhoto, and then reopen it while keeping the Option and Command keys pressed. You can also try restoring your photo library from a backup.
So, I shut down and restarted my computer many times, and the same thing happens. Ans so than, I hit the option and command key at the same time, and I tried all the options of repairing and rebuilding and then this message pops up :
Your photo library is damaged or unreadable and cannot be opened. Please restore from a backup.
How do I restore from back up when I never set up a backup?
I am quite furious and upset, as the hoilday season is coming close and the fact that I am living 9,000 miles away from my family isn't helping the situation. I bought my computer in Walnut Creek, California, and they told me that I would have a limited warranty for a year which includes global, but when I went to the Apple store in Treviso, they told me that i would have to take it to another company and that they dont repair apples at the apple store?
Anyhow, can anyone help me??? Please?!?!?!?
Thanks so much in advance
Emily

First, shut down the computer immediately and don't turn it on again until you have an external hard drive and are ready to start backing up. You cannot use any computing device, of any kind, without backups. Any data not backed up will inevitably be lost, sooner or later.
When you have your external drive, following the instructions here:
Mac 101: Time Machine
When your first backup is complete, follow the instructions here:
Your photo library is damaged or...: Apple Support Communities

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