Confessions of a Prairie Bitch Sunday, July 31, 2011
"Being marked a bitch for life is the best thing that ever happened to me." So speaketh Alison Arngrim, the former child actress who portrayed that manipulative priss Nellie Oleson in the 1970s family drama Little House on the Prairie. Arngrim's memoir Confessions of a Prairie Bitch explores her life's whys and wherefores, from an atypical upbringing by a Hollywood party couple (her dad was gay and her mom was the voice of Gumby), to sexual abuse by her older brother, scandal over her TV husband's death from AIDS, and uncomfortable encounters with fans who to this day can't seemingly tell her and her character apart. All in all, a not-so-family-friendly tale of how Arngrim came to love a little girl so roundly hated, and why you should too. She signs the tell-all at Book Soup, 8818 W. Sunset Blvd., L.A.; Mon., Aug. 1, 7 p.m.; free, book is $14.99. (310) 659-3110, booksoup.com. (Originally published in L.A. Weekly, July 29, 2011.)
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