beththebookdragon 's review for:

Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated by Alison Arngrim

4.0

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This is definitely a cut above the typical "tell all" TV-star memoir. And despite the title, Arngrim is not so much bitchy as telling the truth--which for many people is the same thing. The writing style is simple yet engaging--it's the stories and the humorous twist put on everything but the truly awful passages that make it great.

Yes, we do get secrets--horrible ones about Arngrim's childhood, but plenty of amusing stories about Little House characters. (There are two great stories, one involving underwear and the other, the lack of it.) As a one-time "Little House" fan I adored those stories.

There's definitely swearing, mostly in quotes or when it's appropriate or amusing.

Now I want to see Arngrim's stand-up act.