I wonder if she hates still being called Half-Pint?
November is National Adoption Month! Throughout the month I'll feature famous folk who have been adopted!
Culled mostly from Wikipedia: Melissa Gilbert was born in Los Angeles on May 4, 1964 David Darlington and Kathy Wood, and was put up for adoption immediately after her birth. She was adopted one day later by actor and comedian Paul Gilbert, whose real name was Ed MacMahon (can you imagine...) and Barbara Crane, whose father creates The Honeymooners. The couple later adopted a son, Jonathan, who co-starred on Little House on the Prairie. They had biological daughter Sara Rebecca Abeles (the actress known professionally as Sara Gilbert of "Rosanne" fame in 1975.
Melissa is known for her turbulent run for president of the Screen Actors Guild against Valerie Harper in 2001 and mostly known for her childhood role as Laura Ingells Wilder in the "Little House on the Prairie" series from 1973 - 1984, a wholesome family series where each week, to paraphrase "WKRP" someone either died in a fire or of a horrible disease...
Be sure to Like "Abby's Road page on Facebook for more adoption bios - including Steve Jobs and Kristin Chenoworth!
“Abby’s Road, the Long and Winding Road to Adoption and how Facebook, Aquaman and Theodore Roosevelt Helped” leads a couple through their days of infertility treatments and adoption. It is told with gentle (and sometimes not-so-gentle) humor from the perspective of a nerdy father and his loving and understanding wife.
Join Mike and Esther as they go through IUIs and IFVs, as they search for an adoption agency, are selected by a birth mother, prepare their house, prepare their family, prepare themselves and wait for their daughter to be born a thousand miles from home.
Winner, Honorable Mention, 2014, Great Midwest Book Festival
Abby’s Road is available at Amazon here: http://www.amazon.com/Abbys-Road-Long-Winding-Adoption/product-reviews/0692221530/ref=cm_cr_pr_top_recent?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending
at Barnes and Noble here: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abbys-road-the-long-and-winding-road-to-adoption-and-how-facebook-aquaman-and-theodore-roosevelt-helped-michael-curry/1119971924?ean=9780692221532
and at Smashwords here: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/457270
Copyright 2014 Michael Curry
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