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Bright lights, prairie dust : reflections on life, loss,and love from Little House's Ma Cover Image Book Book

Bright lights, prairie dust : reflections on life, loss,and love from Little House's Ma / Karen Grassle.

Grassle, Karen, 1944- (Author).

Summary:

"Karen Grassle, the beloved actress who played Ma on Little House on the Prairie, grew up at the edge of the Pacific Ocean in a family where love was plentiful but alcohol wrecked havoc. In this candid memoir, Grassle reveals her journey to succeed as an actress even as she struggles to overcome depression, combat her own dependence on alcohol, and find a loving relationship." --Back cover.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781647423131
  • Physical Description: xix, 349 pages 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: Berkeiey, CA : She Writes Press, 2021.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue -- Growing up absurd. Miracle baby ; Saved! ; Baptism and blood ; Duet -- Passion. Undertow ; Surfacing ; Art and death ; Waking up in Berkeley -- The way. Practice ; An actor's life for me ; Eating the Big Apple -- Breaking the waves. Hooray for Hollywood ; Having it all ; "We're home" ; Too good to be true ; Towers and walls ; Never say die -- Everything flowers. Hitting bottom ; Sea change ; Woman's work ; Buried desire ; New acts -- Afterword.

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Subject: Autobiography.
Grassle, Karen, 1944-
Television actors and actresses > United States > Biography.
Genre: Biographies.

Available copies

  • 9 of 16 copies available at Evergreen Indiana.

Holds

  • 3 current holds with 16 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Clinton PL - Clinton B GRASSLE (Text) 36806002128427 BIOGRAPHY 2ND FLOOR Available -
Coatesville-Clay Twp PL - Coatesville B GRASSLE (Text) 78321000033412 Adult Biography Available -
Danville-Center Twp PL - Danville B Gra (Text) 32604070212296 AD Non-Fiction Available -
Franklin Co PL Dist. - Brookville PL B GRA (Text) 38217000766382 Biographies Available -
Franklin Co PL Dist. - Laurel PL B GRA (Text) 36241000492478 Biography Available -
Greenwood PL - Greenwood NONFICTION BIOGRAPHY Grassle (Text) 36626104302237 2nd Floor Adult Nonfiction In transit -
LaGrange Co PL - LaGrange Main Library B GR (Text) 30477101574113 Adult: Biography Checked out 04/27/2024
Mitchell Comm. PL - Mitchell 921 GRA (Text) 36823002241811 New Books Mending -
Monon Town and Twp PL - Monon 921 GRASSLE (Text) 36825000942266 Non-Fiction Checked out 05/12/2024
North Madison Co PL - Ralph E. Hazelbaker Library (Summitville) B GRASSLE GRA (Text) 30419300560813 Adult Non-Fiction In transit -
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