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wintermote's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
sad
medium-paced
4.0
Felt like a slightly more disjointed memoir than some. I was disappointed in some of the errors made in talking about LHOTP books and similarities/differences with the show. Having just read On the Banks of Plum Creek, these were obvious. Overall what a sad messed up middle part of life but I admire Grassle’s ability to overcome—do hard work and find recovery, healing, and love.
camichristine's review
1.0
I realize that an actor and the part they play are not the same person. And it couldn't be more apparent than in this memoir.
Praying for her aborted children.
Praying for her aborted children.
lornarei's review
3.0
I liked it, but it was a bit baffling. As devoted as she was to the THEATAH, I was interested in finding out how she ended up on LHOTP. How someone with pretty much no tv/film experience wins a starring role in a series? I still don't know. They really must have been going for "a look", I guess. Not that she wasn't wonderful in the part. And then the book ends rather abruptly. She and her then-husband were happy and looking forward to hopefully becoming parents. You have to do your own research to find out what happens - they adopted, split up and she has been married again since that. And then there was an early 2000s LHOTP mini-reunion, which apparently gave her the closure she needed. But it would have been nice to know a little more about the last ~20 years.
emijoy15's review
medium-paced
4.0
This was such a well-balanced memoir. Clearly crafted with the knowledge that most people would be interested in her work on Little House, but with ample space for her other work and political activism. I'm never going to watch a Little House episode the same way again.
(Her narration of the audiobook was excellent!)
(Her narration of the audiobook was excellent!)
kath61's review
3.0
I loved 'Little House on the Prairie' but it never does to try and relate a TV character to the real life actor! This is very honestly written by a highly intelligent and talented lady and although many of her life choices may cause some raised eyebrows, to say the least, she did a lot to raise awareness of women's rights, especially in the area of domestic violence.
tschmitty's review
3.0
I was hoping for a little more gossip on the prairie, but I enjoyed Karen Grassle reading her memoir. She was much more than Ma Ingalls.
momsplans's review
2.0
I had been looking forward to reading this book for months. While I did enjoy reading about her early life and her time on Little House on the Prairie, I was bored by her college years and her time before she played Ma. The majority of that part of the book seemed to be about her theater experience, her alcoholism, her sex life, and the drugs she used. I skipped about 100 pages of that section because I just couldn't read about it anymore.
The book ends abruptly. I would have liked her to have written about her life up until the time the book was published.
The book ends abruptly. I would have liked her to have written about her life up until the time the book was published.