Melissa Explains It All: Tales from My Abnormally Normal Life
Jul 2024 · Macmillan + ORM
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The beloved actress presents “a delightful and refreshingly honest memoir about growing up Melissa/Clarissa/Sabrina” (Delia Ephron, New York Times–bestselling author of Left on Tenth).
Melissa Joan Hart explained it all—from dating to bullies—in her groundbreaking role as Clarissa Darling on Clarissa Explains It All. She cast a spell on millions as Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. Now, in Melissa Explains It All, she tells the frank and funny behind-the-scenes stories from her extraordinary past and her refreshingly normal present.
From her first commercial to her starring role in ABC Family’s hit Melissa and Joey, Hart never let fame go to her head. She always had one foot in Hollywood and one foot in reality, and still does. In this “very candid” memoir (Entertainment Weekly), she makes us laugh with true tales about:
—guest appearances in shows like Saturday Night Live and The Equalizer
—auditioning for Punky Brewster and Clarissa
—her early Broadway days
—wacky parties she’s thrown and attended
—the actors who influenced her and whom she befriended, worked with, and competed against
—her experiences both on and off set with Sabrina’s Salem the Cat and Elvis the Alligator on Clarissa
—how she met the love of her life at the Kentucky Derby
Melissa Joan Hart explains all that she’s learned along the way—what’s kept her grounded, normal, and working when others have not been so fortunate—and reveals that she’s the approachable, hilarious girl-next-door her fans have always thought she’d be.
Includes photos
Melissa Joan Hart explained it all—from dating to bullies—in her groundbreaking role as Clarissa Darling on Clarissa Explains It All. She cast a spell on millions as Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. Now, in Melissa Explains It All, she tells the frank and funny behind-the-scenes stories from her extraordinary past and her refreshingly normal present.
From her first commercial to her starring role in ABC Family’s hit Melissa and Joey, Hart never let fame go to her head. She always had one foot in Hollywood and one foot in reality, and still does. In this “very candid” memoir (Entertainment Weekly), she makes us laugh with true tales about:
—guest appearances in shows like Saturday Night Live and The Equalizer
—auditioning for Punky Brewster and Clarissa
—her early Broadway days
—wacky parties she’s thrown and attended
—the actors who influenced her and whom she befriended, worked with, and competed against
—her experiences both on and off set with Sabrina’s Salem the Cat and Elvis the Alligator on Clarissa
—how she met the love of her life at the Kentucky Derby
Melissa Joan Hart explains all that she’s learned along the way—what’s kept her grounded, normal, and working when others have not been so fortunate—and reveals that she’s the approachable, hilarious girl-next-door her fans have always thought she’d be.
Includes photos
Ratings and reviews
4.1
83 reviews
Jodie T
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March 6, 2014
I found it hard to stay interested. After reading this i have a different view on MJH and really wish I would have never read it now. I now realize its her characters I've loved so much over the yrs and assumed she must be a little like them. Now i feel sadly disappointed. Great acting MJH cause my feel of your personality in this book couldn't be farther from them.
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Matthew Woods
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January 8, 2017
Take out the name dropping and their wikipedia snippets and you'll have half a chance to stay awake. Melissa could tell us more about her, the events that impacted her life and how she felt. Had a couple of laughs.
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Erin Herrman
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November 28, 2015
What a nice book to read! It's nice that Melissa stayed true to her roots especially when she became famous!
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About the author
MELISSA JOAN HART is an actor/producer/director who made her first national commercial at age four. Melissa currently co-stars in the ABC Family comedy series Melissa & Joey. She made her first big splash in the title role of Nickelodeon's Clarissa Explains It All. . Both in the United States and abroad, Melissa is perhaps best known for her starring role in the Showtime movie-turned-network series, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. Melissa has appeared on Dancing with the Stars, That 70's Show, and Law and Order: SVU, among others. Her production company, Hartbreak Films, has produced projects including Sabrina, Melissa & Joey, and a number of television movies and feature films.
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