Alison Arngrim's comic memoir of growing up as one of television's most memorable characters, Little House on the Prairie's devious Nellie Oleson, filled with behind-the-scenes stories from the set, as well as tales from her bohemian upbringing in West Hollywood and her headline-making advocacy work on behalf of HIV awareness and abused children
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- It Books
- Carton Qty: 28
- Selling Territory: USCOM
- 40,000
- Subsidiary Rights: First Serial, Audio: It Books; UK, Translation, Dramatic: Global Literary Management
- On Sale: 6/15/2010
- MEMOIR/TELEVISION
- Tr 9780061962141 $25.99 ($26.99)
- 320 pages; 5 1/2 x 8 1/4
- 8-page color photo insert;
- There is still an avid appetite for all things Little House. The show continues to air daily on The Hallmark Channel and TV Land in the U.S. and on CTS, a Christian-based network, in Canada.
- Melissa Gilbert, who played Laura Ingalls on Little House and with whom the author remains close friends, published her memoir in June 2009. It hit #5 on the New York Times bestseller list its first week and sold 30,000 copies in its first month on sale.
- The Little House musical is touring the country from September 2009 through June 1010 (starring Melissa Gilbert as Ma).
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"Hilarious and heartbreaking."
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"Arngrim, decades past her 'Little House On The Prairie' years, dishes lots of great on-set stories, talks about what being a kid actor in the 1970s was actually like and discusses her own painful family history with frankness and humor....Delightful."
- NPR.org
"Spunky Alison Arngrim, who played Nellie [Oleson], gets my kudos...Alison has a knack for yanking people's chains in a good way. And her new bestselling memoir, Confessions of a Prairie Bitch, is such an absorbing read, I just had to give the woman a call for some bitch talk."
- Michael Musto, Village Voice
"'Confessions of a Prairie Bitch' says it all: Neither Arngrim nor Nellie could ever be called boring."
- Entertainment Weekly
"Courage, moxie, chutzpah , cajones. Alison Arngrim has them all in spades. In "Confessions of a Prairie Bitch," she bares her soul and manages to share her story with grace, dignity, and her inimitable humor. Simply put, I love this book and I love her. "
- Melissa Gilbert
"Alison Arngrim, familiar to a generation of TV viewers as the petulant Nellie Oleson of 'Little House On The Prairie,' is dishing the dirt on Walnut Grove."
- AOL PopEater
"Arngrim displays a healthy sense of humor."
- Chicago Sun-Times
Arngrim looks back on playing the pint-sized sociopath in her memoir, "Confessions of a Prairie Bitch," in which she merrily recalls show creator and star Michael Landon, that infamous blond wig, and how Nellie inspired her lifelong obsession with villainy."
- New York Post
"Alison Arngrim is a talented actress and an author who has patched together a meaningful life and created a book whose pages.fly."
- Phyllis Diller
"As a city bitch myself, I loved this book! It's nice to see how the other half lives. Alison Arngrim's memoir is a hilarious, moving, and dishy Hollywood tale."
- Margaret Cho
"Alison Arngrim is a fine actress and a true comedienne. She has always been the kind of 'Bitch' who tells it like it is. So, readers beware, you are in for an eye-full of reality told with a remarkable sense of humor."
- Carol Channing
"Whoa, Nellie! "Confessions of a Prairie Bitch" is a book that you will keep stored under a haystack in the barn, to dip into whenever you need a shot of something that will keep you down on the farm."
- Bruce Vilanch