Confessions of a Prairie Bitch
How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · June 14, 2011
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- Who it’s for
- A comic memoir for anyone curious about the person behind television’s memorably devious Nellie Oleson.
- Themes
- Comic memoir, Behind-the-scenes television stories, HIV awareness and child advocacy
- Genres
- Lives in Entertainment, Personal Memoirs, Celebrity & Pop Culture Humor
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Confessions of a Prairie Bitch is Alison Arngrim’s comic memoir of growing up as one of television’s most memorable characters—the devious Nellie Oleson on the hit television show Little House on the Prairie.
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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, Confessions of a Prairie Bitch is a must for fans of everything Little House: the classic television series and its many stars like Michael Landon and Melissa Gilbert; Gilbert’s bestselling memoir Prairie Tale... and, of course, the beloved series of books by Laura Ingalls Wilder that started it all.
Beyond Nellie
A comic memoir for anyone curious about the person behind television’s memorably devious Nellie Oleson.
Come here for
- Behind-the-scenes stories from Little House on the Prairie
- A candid mix of television, upbringing, and advocacy
Expect
- Comic memoir with life beyond the set
- Stories touching on HIV awareness and advocacy for abused children
Where it sits
| Lives in Entertainment | 67% |
|---|---|
| Celebrity & Pop Culture Humor | 40% |
| Personal Memoirs | 34% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Lives in Entertainment
- Women's Lives
- Personal Memoirs
- Activist Lives
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- Child Abuse
- Friendship
- Love & Romance
- Dysfunctional Families
- Authors
- Alison Arngrim
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- June 14, 2011
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Comic memoir · Behind-the-scenes television stories · HIV awareness and child advocacy
- Reading lane
- Lives in Entertainment