Confessions of a Prairie Bitch by Alison Arngrim

Their marriage was a business arrangement, but the book portrays them as a team, even if nearly every part of their partnership and subsequent parenthood was more than a little untraditional. Alison’s mother, Norma Macmillan was ambitious and determined to make her own way without becoming domesticated, Alison’s father, Thor Arngrim, was gay. (Short answer – it was totally possible.)Īlison’s parents were theater people who met while performing in a small theater in Canada. I was also determined to see if it was even remotely possible to do an interview, the results of which you’ll see a little later on today. When I finally closed the back cover, I was in love. I tore through the book in a couple of days skipping several hours of sleep, a few meals and a shower to keep going. The book is based on her one-woman comedy show, which she’s performed all over the world. Having done a little ghostwriting (not for anyone remotely famous) and having known a few ghostwriters (some of whom have ghostwritten for remotely famous people) I think Arngrim is the real deal and wrote it herself. It was equal parts touching, hilarious, shocking and just the right amount of catty. Ha-a-a-angars!”)Ĭonfessions of a Prairie Bitch was delightful. There is not a theater nerd alive who can’t do justice to “No. (The subsequent movie turned all my friends and I into future theater nerds. Mommy Dearest may well have changed my life when I was 12. I ate up Tori Spelling’s first book a few summers ago like it was made of fluffernutter sandwiches. I do, however, have a huge soft spot for books by former child stars. I am not normally a fan of dishy tell-all books.

Confessions of a Prairie Bitch by Alison Arngrim