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Trigger Warning-Alison Arngrim doesn't shy away from discussing the sexual abuse she endured from her brother and her fight against a loophole—something called the"incest exception"—which sexual predators to avoid jail time if they were related to their victims. As she mentions in her beautifully titled book, 'Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated'--this law still exists in other states in the US, but it happened to her in California.
With that statement it might sound as if this is a memoir focused solely on trauma. Arngrim, famous for being one of THE most hated and hateful characters on television in the 1980s holds nothing back from her family to the audition that landed her the most famous role of her acting career to the escapades she got up to with Melissa "Half-pint" Gilbert. Nellie Oleson made a heretofore traumatized girl more brave (Nellie being the outspoken prairie bitch and all) and constantly recognized. Some of the fan encounters she details are intense.
Being a Gen-X kid with fond memories of watching Little House on Monday nights, Arngrim's anecdotes about what production of the show was like were hilarious to read. Her segue into activism came via her other best friend from the show, Steve Tracey, who played her on-screen husband Percival who died of AIDS in 1986. Tracey's decision to go public with he diagnosis inspired Arngrim to speak on AIDs education and awareness at a time when many were afraid to learn more. She used her Little House fame to even greater extent upon becoming a volunteer for National Association to Protect Children and following Tracey's earlier lead in going public with her sexual abuse experiences.
Many thanks to my friend Brad for recommending this one to me. I loved this one.
With that statement it might sound as if this is a memoir focused solely on trauma. Arngrim, famous for being one of THE most hated and hateful characters on television in the 1980s holds nothing back from her family to the audition that landed her the most famous role of her acting career to the escapades she got up to with Melissa "Half-pint" Gilbert. Nellie Oleson made a heretofore traumatized girl more brave (Nellie being the outspoken prairie bitch and all) and constantly recognized. Some of the fan encounters she details are intense.
Being a Gen-X kid with fond memories of watching Little House on Monday nights, Arngrim's anecdotes about what production of the show was like were hilarious to read. Her segue into activism came via her other best friend from the show, Steve Tracey, who played her on-screen husband Percival who died of AIDS in 1986. Tracey's decision to go public with he diagnosis inspired Arngrim to speak on AIDs education and awareness at a time when many were afraid to learn more. She used her Little House fame to even greater extent upon becoming a volunteer for National Association to Protect Children and following Tracey's earlier lead in going public with her sexual abuse experiences.
Many thanks to my friend Brad for recommending this one to me. I loved this one.