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Read Reviews for Prairie Tale - Melissa Gilbert
by - written on 21/07/09 (Very useful, 44 readings)
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It isn't all Fairy dust...... Or Prairie dust....... I admit, I've thought long and hard about doing this review for personal reasons. The personal reason is (and I'm not name dropping here honestly) I actually know Melissa personally and don't see her as a well-known actress - but Melissa the person. At the end of the book, my partner's name appears in the acknowledgements, which we both find strange...... and unexpected - we had no idea until our copy arrived this week. Therefore I've read this from perhaps a completely different perspective, having known Melissa now for around 7 years, and while she is best known as Laura Ingles in Little ... Read the complete review
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