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  • The Way I See It

  • A Look Back at My Life on Little House
  • By: Melissa Anderson
  • Narrated by: Jane Pfitsch
  • Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (33 ratings)
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The Way I See It

By: Melissa Anderson
Narrated by: Jane Pfitsch
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Editor reviews

The coyly titled The Way I See It is the autobiography of Melissa Anderson, known to viewers all over the world as Mary, the blind Ingalls sister on the immensely popular 1970s-1980s television series Little House on the Prairie.Affectionately and engagingly performed by Jane Pfitsch, The Way I See Ittakes the listener onto the set of Little House and introduces her to some of the actors America came to love, including Melissa Gilbert and Michael Landon, or "America’s family man", as Anderson calls him. The listener then learns of Anderson’s life after Little House, include her eventual gig in Canada in the "best role of my life", happily married wife and mother of two.

Summary

When other girls her age were experiencing their first crushes, Melissa Sue Anderson was receiving handwritten marriage proposals from fans as young as, 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 11, 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 listeners 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

©2010 Melissa Anderson (P)2013 Audible, Inc.

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Underwhelming but well-read

Maybe I'd been a bit spoiled by listening to Alison Arngrim's astounding book Confessions of a Prairie B*tch (which I highly recommend, but save it till the end perhaps if you're planning on the Little House girls' trifecta of autobiographies - though I've not yet read Melissa Gilbert's) before this, but there's very little of true interest here - a handful of nice/sweet anecdotes and insights (I really loved the Spielberg story, more for the insight it provides into him than her) interspersed with bizarrely long descriptions of entire Little House storylines. The narrator does a great job with the voices etc but I can't help but feel the only thing that could've made this as intimate as I'd hoped would've been if Anderson had read it herself, it just overall doesn't entirely feel like her heart was in it.

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Beautiful book

Loved it loved it loved it!
Taking back to that little house on the prairie.

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sweet

Nice easy listening and lovely insights into the Little House on the Prairie. Good narration.

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A look back by an outstanding actress Melissa

Truly wonderful writing by very accomplished actress who captures each moment for you ....check it out

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