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Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated
Alison Arngrim
4.13 AVERAGE
451 reviews for:
Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated
Alison Arngrim
4.13 AVERAGE
I am finally reading my AUTOGRAPHED COPY. Nellie Oleson knows my name!
emotional
funny
fast-paced
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
Despite the fact that I’ve never seen an episode of Little House on the Prairie the show is part of my childhood pop culture and I was familiar with at least the main characters. I picked this up, because it is one of the best book titles in history. The book lives up to the title.
Alison Arngrim tells her story with humor and tackles the traumatic parts of her childhood with raw honesty.
It was so enjoyable to hear stories from her Little House day’s and all the actors that became part of her close and extended chosen family.
If you are a fan of Little House this will probably be a 5-star book for you.
Alison Arngrim tells her story with humor and tackles the traumatic parts of her childhood with raw honesty.
It was so enjoyable to hear stories from her Little House day’s and all the actors that became part of her close and extended chosen family.
If you are a fan of Little House this will probably be a 5-star book for you.
great addition to the celeb bio genre, which i have a weakness for if it's done well. although it usually isn't.
arngrim has a great sense of humor, however, and is far less annoyingly self-unaware and egotistical than many. and she's a comedian, which helps with the irreverence (although it also makes for some forced one-liners and grating asides). it was really fun to spend some time with her and even though i haven't watched "little house on the prairie" in ages, i totally remember most of the episodes she name-checked, so there was a nostalgia factor going on too.
arngrim has a great sense of humor, however, and is far less annoyingly self-unaware and egotistical than many. and she's a comedian, which helps with the irreverence (although it also makes for some forced one-liners and grating asides). it was really fun to spend some time with her and even though i haven't watched "little house on the prairie" in ages, i totally remember most of the episodes she name-checked, so there was a nostalgia factor going on too.
Enjoyed this book. What a childhood she had! Even though she went thru it all, she tells the story with humor and you can tell her stand up would be funny. Love how Nellie taught her how to be a bitch and stand up for herself. Better than some of the other "child star" bios I've read.
I've never seen "little house on the prairie," so i have no context for that part of the book. I did, however, love this well-written, funny, moving memoir of an abuse survivor. Well done!
I had no idea what Alison had been through in her childhood or that she was such an activist now. I only knew her as spoiled Nellie on LHOTP.
The writing is a little rough, but the stories are super interesting.
The writing is a little rough, but the stories are super interesting.
"Any idiot can be liked. It takes talent to scare the crap out of people." - Alison Arngrim, Introduction pg. xiii
I loved the Little House books once upon a time even if I lost steam somewhere on the shores of Silver Lake. But the tv show-eh. I only made it a season or two before I decided it was too corny even for my decidedly juvenile, corny tastes. I wasn't even familiar with the wheelchair episode that a whole chapter of this book is devoted to. I have always liked Arngrim though since I saw her years ago on some daytime TV show talking about her work with AIDS charities. She was so pretty without the Nellie Oleson drag.
So, I've always liked Alison but after reading this, I kind of love her. She's been an AIDS activist ever since her TV husband Steve Tracey became mortally ill with the disease in the late 80's (that chapter is beautifully written and heartbreaking.) She's also an incest survivor and was integral in pushing for some legislative changes in California to punish child sexual abusers. She talks about these things in the book but this book isn't depressing or heavy. It's funny. Arngrim is funny. And she has a natural gift for storytelling. The bulk of this tale is about her time on Little House and she has lots to tell. Her Nellie wig was the most expensive wig on television at the time and made her scalp numb (she really can tell a story-the part about the stupid Nellie wig was seriously page turning.) Melissa Gilbert was her best friend. Melissa Sue Anderson was kind of a bitch. Michael Landon went commando under his tight prairie britches to reel in the +40 female demographic who thought he was a hottie (seriously?)
And through the magic of You Tube, I now finally have seen the infamous wheelchair scene. Joan Crawford Prairie Realness.
So, I've always liked Alison but after reading this, I kind of love her. She's been an AIDS activist ever since her TV husband Steve Tracey became mortally ill with the disease in the late 80's (that chapter is beautifully written and heartbreaking.) She's also an incest survivor and was integral in pushing for some legislative changes in California to punish child sexual abusers. She talks about these things in the book but this book isn't depressing or heavy. It's funny. Arngrim is funny. And she has a natural gift for storytelling. The bulk of this tale is about her time on Little House and she has lots to tell. Her Nellie wig was the most expensive wig on television at the time and made her scalp numb (she really can tell a story-the part about the stupid Nellie wig was seriously page turning.) Melissa Gilbert was her best friend. Melissa Sue Anderson was kind of a bitch. Michael Landon went commando under his tight prairie britches to reel in the +40 female demographic who thought he was a hottie (seriously?)
And through the magic of You Tube, I now finally have seen the infamous wheelchair scene. Joan Crawford Prairie Realness.