When other girls her age were experiencing their
first crushes, Melissa Sue Anderson was receiving
handwritten marriage proposals from fans as young, and
younger, than she was. When other girls were dreaming of
their first kiss, Melissa was struggling through hers in
front of a camera. From age eleven in 1974 until she
left the show in 1981, Melissa Anderson literally grew
up before the viewers of ''Little House on the
Prairie.''Melissa, as Mary, is remembered by many as
''the blind sister''--and she was the only actor in the
series to be nominated for an Emmy. In ''The Way I See
It,'' she takes readers onto the set and inside the
world of the iconic series created by Michael Landon,
who, Melissa discovered, was not perfect, as much as he
tried to be. In this memoir she also shares her memories
of working with guest stars like Todd Bridges, Mariette
Hartley, Sean Penn, Patricia Neal, and Johnny Cash.In
addition to stories of life on the set, Melissa offers
revealing looks at her relationships off-set with her
costars, including the other Melissa (Melissa Gilbert)
and Alison Arngrim, who portrayed Nellie Oleson on the
show. And she relates stories of her guest appearances
on iconic programs such as ''The Love Boat'' and ''The
Brady Bunch.''Filled with personal, revealing anecdotes
and memorabilia from the ''Little House'' years, this
book is also a portrait of a child star who became a
successful adult actress and a successful adult. These
are stories from ''the other Ingalls sister'' that have
never been told. |
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