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“By making me a bitch, you have freed me from the trite, sexist, bourgeois prison of ‘likability.’ Any idiot can be liked. It takes talent to scare the crap out of people.’

Confessions of a Prairie Bitch by Alison Arngrim

June 28, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

30 Books in 30 Days, Vol. 2 Book 23/30 This was great. I’m not normally a fan of celebrity memoirs, because in my experience the books are often being written just because the celebrity wants to write a book, and there’s no literary reason for the book to exist. I don’t mean that in a snobby way, but more in the way that said celebrities just don’t have anything to say, or they think they have something to say but they are often wrong. Alison Arngrim […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, Alison Arngrim, Confessions of a Prairie Bitch, Little House on the Prairie, narfna, narrated by the author, non fiction, television, tv

narfna's CBR14 Review No:91 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, Alison Arngrim, Confessions of a Prairie Bitch, Little House on the Prairie, narfna, narrated by the author, non fiction, television, tv ·
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Nellie Oleson and the girl who played her

June 1, 2015 by badkittyuno 1 Comment

Although I was a huge fan of the books as a kid, I don’t think I’ve ever watched an episode of the TV show Little House on the Prairie. However, I saw Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated and the titled intrigued me, so I snagged it. It turned out to be a really good read — dark and funny. Alison Arngrim definitely has the whole, “heal thyself through laughter” thing down. And the girl has a lot to […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Alison Arngrim, badkittyuno

badkittyuno's CBR7 Review No:89 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Alison Arngrim, badkittyuno ·
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