Diary of a Stage Mother's Daughter: A Memoir

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ISBN
9781602862302
Book Title
Diary of a Stage Mother's Daughter : a Memoir
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Item Length
8.8 in
Publication Year
2013
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.9 in
Author
Melissa Francis
Genre
Family & Relationships, Performing Arts, Biography & Autobiography
Topic
Personal Memoirs, Abuse / Child Abuse, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Acting & Auditioning
Item Weight
13.5 Oz
Item Width
5.6 in
Number of Pages
320 Pages

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Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
ISBN-10
1602862303
ISBN-13
9781602862302
eBay Product ID (ePID)
167702612

Product Key Features

Book Title
Diary of a Stage Mother's Daughter : a Memoir
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Personal Memoirs, Abuse / Child Abuse, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Acting & Auditioning
Publication Year
2013
Genre
Family & Relationships, Performing Arts, Biography & Autobiography
Author
Melissa Francis
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
13.5 Oz
Item Length
8.8 in
Item Width
5.6 in

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Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
" Diary of A Stage Mother's Daughter is touching and brave, heartbreaking and inspirational...I simply loved it." ? Jeanette Walls
Dewey Decimal
791.4502/8/092 B
Synopsis
The Glass Castle meets The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother in this dazzlingly honest and provocative family memoir by former child actress and current Fox Business Network anchor Melissa Francis. When Melissa Francis was eight years old, she won the role of lifetime: playing Cassandra Cooper Ingalls, the little girl who was adopted with her brother (played by young Jason Bateman) by the Ingalls family on the world's most famous primetime soap opera, Little House on the Prairie . Despite her age, she was already a veteran actress, living a charmed life, moving from one Hollywood set to the next. But behind the scenes, her success was fueled by the pride, pressure, and sometimes grinding cruelty of her stage mother, as fame and a mother's ambition pushed her older sister deeper into the shadows. Diary of a Stage Mother's Daughter is a fascinating account of life as a child star in the 1980's, and also a startling tale of a family under the care of a highly neurotic, dangerously competitive"tiger mother." But perhaps most importantly, now that Melissa has two sons of her own, it's a meditation on motherhood, and the value of pushing your children: how hard should you push a child to succeed, and at what point does your help turn into harm?, The Glass Castle meets The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother in this dazzlingly honest and provocative family memoir by former child actress and current Fox Business Network anchor Melissa Francis. When Melissa Francis was eight years old, she won the role of lifetime: playing Cassandra Cooper Ingalls, the little girl who was adopted with her brother (played by young Jason Bateman) by the Ingalls family on the world's most famous primetime soap opera, Little House on the Prairie . Despite her age, she was already a veteran actress, living a charmed life, moving from one Hollywood set to the next. But behind the scenes, her success was fueled by the pride, pressure, and sometimes grinding cruelty of her stage mother, as fame and a mother's ambition pushed her older sister deeper into the shadows. Diary of a Stage Mother's Daughter is a fascinating account of life as a child star in the 1980's, and also a startling tale of a family under the care of a highly neurotic, dangerously competitive "tiger mother." But perhaps most importantly, now that Melissa has two sons of her own, it's a meditation on motherhood, and the value of pushing your children: how hard should you push a child to succeed, and at what point does your help turn into harm?

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