Bibliograph

Prairie tale, a memoir, Melissa Gilbert

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Prairie tale, a memoir, Melissa Gilbert

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Prairie tale

Responsibility statement

Melissa Gilbert

Sub title

a memoir

Summary

A fascinating, heartbreaking, and ultimately uplifting tale of self-discovery from the beloved actress who earned a permanent place in the hearts of millions when she was just a child playing the role of buck-toothed Laura "Half-pint" Ingalls on "Little House on the Prairie."

Table Of Contents

Revelations and realizations. Fairy dust ; With pardons to Darwin, the origin is specious ; Showtime ; Something better ; Little house -- Love, loss, and love. Growing pains ; What the hell happened? ; Oh shit, they got a real man! ; Not so sweet sixteen ; Once, twice, three times a woman ; Meet cute ; I'm eighteen, and I like it ; Choices of the heart -- Hollywood is the devil's toilet. The world according to ... ; Andy wants if know if any famous people are here ; Wait a minute, who's the princess in this love story? ; What fresh hell is this? -- A brand new start of it. The heart of the matter ; New York stories ; Newsflash: This person doesn't yell "Do me, Daddy" ; No, no, no, we're not going to do that ; Gettysburg was my Waterloo -- Exactly where I need to be. Gable and Lombard: the TV version ; Dates we will never forget ; Days of miracles and wonder ; Inappropriate behavior ; All kinds of crazy ; Madam Half Pint ; A pain in the neck ; The sweet, simple things

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