Back to the Prairie: A Home Remade, A Life Rediscovered

Melissa Gilbert, known for her role as Laura Ingalls Wilder on Little House on the Prairie, shares her hilarious and heartfelt memoir of her journey from Hollywood to a rustic house in the Catskills during the COVID-19 pandemic. She fell in love with nature and found a new life in her little house.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 288 pages
Publication date: 06 July 2023
Publisher: Simon & Schuster

The New York Times bestselling author and star of Little House on the Prairie, Melissa Gilbert, has written a hilarious and heartfelt memoir that chronicles her journey from Hollywood to a ramshackle house in the Catskills during the COVID-19 pandemic. Gilbert, known for her childhood role as Laura Ingalls Wilder on the classic NBC show, has spent nearly her entire life in Hollywood. From Dancing with the Stars to a turn in politics, she is always on the lookout for her next project. She just had no idea that her latest one would be so life-changing.

When Gilbert's husband introduces her to the wilds of rural Michigan, she begins to fall back in love with nature. And when work takes them to New York, they find a rustic cottage in the Catskill Mountains to call home. But "rustic" is a generous description for the state of the house, requiring a lot of blood, sweat, and tears for the newlyweds to make habitable.

When the pandemic descends on the world, it further nudges Gilbert out of the spotlight and into the woods. She trades Botox treatments for DIY projects, power lunches for gardening and raising chickens, and soon her life is rediscovered anew in her own little house in the Catskills.

Gilbert's memoir is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the power of nature to heal and rejuvenate. It is a must-read for anyone who has ever dreamed of leaving the city and living a simpler, more fulfilling life.

Weight: 236g
Dimension: 213 x 140 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781982177195