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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?

One of those intimate, heartbreaking, doubled-edged stories that is hard to read, impossible to put down."Publisher's Weekly"CompellingA thoughtful trek across a troubled family landscape resulting in a bittersweet yet hopeful final act.". Francis' narrative grabs readers immediately.  Her book is captivating, revealing and ultimately healing.   Who knew the kid from Little House on the Prairie had such a fascinating real-life story?  I am in awe.”Kirkus Review"Chilling memoir by a Fox Business Network anchor and child star chronicles the misery of grow

"Gripping" according to R PRIUS. The child pictured on the book'ss cover looked familiar in the sense that I had seen her somewhere before, but just couldn't figure out where. After thumbing through this book, it became amply clear that this was the kid who was Cassandra Ingalls on Little House On The Prairie. I guess that was the hook for me. I plunked down some money and read this while I intermittently heard sound bytes on election night.I was expecting a Mommie Dearest meets Gypsy sort of book, however what I got was something decidedly more disturbing which begged the question as to whether t. Absolutely wonderful Diary of a Stage Mother's Daughter was always at the top of my "must have" list. Why? because I love all things diary. In fact, I had no idea that this book was written by someone who had appeared on Little House on the Prairie.By the time Little House on the Prairie was in full swing, I was just starting to work full time and really had not much interest in the show. However, over the years, I have read Melissa Gilbert and Melissa Anderson's books so this was a nice addition. Kind of interesting since I was never a huge fan - but, as I said, I could not resist the. Wow Kindle Customer This was one of the best written, deeply moving autobiographies I have ever read. The mom in me wanted to hold and comfort Melissa and Tiffany and the mom in me wanted beat the evil out of her biological mom. Melissa, you're going to do a wonderful job with you boys, don't worry.

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