Back to the Prairie and Moving Forward with Melissa Gilbe...

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Bears, Chickens and the Catskills, Oh My! This week our special guest is the incomparable Melissa Gilbert. Many of you remember Melissa as Laura Ingalls Wilder on Little House on the Prairie. She is also a director, producer, former president of the Screen Actors Guild, wife, mom and grandmother and now farmer. Melissa has written a new book titled BACK TO THE PRAIRIE: A HOME REMADE, A LIFE REDISCOVERED. This memoir shares her midlife journey with her husband, actor Tim Busfield as they purchase a "fixer upper" in the Catskills, live through the pandemic and discover new passions along the way. Melissa shares with us her professional journey as an actress and personal experiences as a woman 50+ as well as what she is looking forward to in this next chapter of life. Find BACK TO THE PRAIRIE wherever you buy books. www.hotflashescooltopics.com

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This episode was published on May 11, 2022.

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