Melissa Explains It All: Tales from My Abnormally Normal Life

by Melissa Hart (Author), Joan (Author), Melissa Hart (Author), Joan (Author)

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2015
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Melissa Joan Hart, the star of Clarissa Explains It All and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, explains it all - onscreen and behind the scenes. Melissa Joan Hart explained it all-from dating to bullies-in her ground breaking role as Clarissa Darling on Clarissa Explains It All. She cast a spell on millions more viewers as Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. Now, in Melissa Explains It All, Melissa tells the frank and funny truth about her extraordinary past and her refreshingly normal present. From the moment four-year-old Melissa decided she wanted to be on television, she has shown a singular determination and focus-whether it's for booking three national commercials so her dad would build her a tree house or for nailing the Clarissa audition. And she never let fame go to her head. With one foot in Hollywood and one foot in reality, Melissa makes us laugh along with her as she talks 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 off-set-with Sabrina's Salem the Cat and Elvis the Alligator on Clarissa; and, how she met the love of her life at the Kentucky Derby.

Synopsis

Melissa Joan Hart, the star of Clarissa Explains It All and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, explains it all - onscreen and behind the scenes. Melissa Joan Hart explained it all-from dating to bullies-in her ground breaking role as Clarissa Darling on Clarissa Explains It All. She cast a spell on millions more viewers as Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. Now, in Melissa Explains It All, Melissa tells the frank and funny truth about her extraordinary past and her refreshingly normal present. From the moment four-year-old Melissa decided she wanted to be on television, she has shown a singular determination and focus-whether it's for booking three national commercials so her dad would build her a tree house or for nailing the Clarissa audition. And she never let fame go to her head. With one foot in Hollywood and one foot in reality, Melissa makes us laugh along with her as she talks 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 off-set-with Sabrina's Salem the Cat and Elvis the Alligator on Clarissa; and, how she met the love of her life at the Kentucky Derby.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Publisher: St Martin's Griffin
Published: 01 Jan 2015
ISBN 10: 1250054982
ISBN 13: 9781250054982

Media Reviews

I loved Melissa's book! Her voice is so unique and strong. As a reader I felt in the moment, as if Melissa were telling me her stories firsthand. Proud of my fellow momista! --Tori Spelling

I don't know if Melissa can write, and I don't know if you can read, but I know you and I have made bigger mistakes than trying to read her book. --Bill Murray

From the moment I met Melissa, she charmed me instantly. Melissa's delightful, witty, frank and thoughtful book shows a side of her we've never seen before. --Garry Marshall

Melissa Joan Hart has written a delightful and refreshingly honest memoir about growing up Melissa/Clarissa/Sabrina. All the women who grew up with her will go wild for this book. --Delia Ephron

A delightful and refreshingly honest memoir about growing up Melissa/Clarissa/Sabrina. All the women who grew up with her will go wild for this book. Delia Ephron

I don't know if Melissa can write, and I don't know if you can read, but I know you and I have made bigger mistakes than trying to read her book. Bill Murray

From the moment I met Melissa, she charmed me instantly. Melissa's delightful, witty, frank and thoughtful book shows a side of her we've never seen before. Garry Marshall

You will enjoy nothing more than Melissa Joan Hart's sweet, sane, mildly tell-all-ish memoir, complete with James Van Der Beek and Adrian Grenier makeout stories. New York

I loved Melissa's book! Her voice is so unique and strong. As a reader I felt in the moment, as if Melissa were telling me her stories firsthand. Proud of my fellow momista! Tori Spelling

[Melissa's] stories include dishy memories that contributed to who she is today. TIME

Very candid. Entertainment Weekly

Who knew Sabrina the Teenage Witch was such a badass?! Perez Hilton

A delightful and refreshingly honest memoir about growing up Melissa/Clarissa/Sabrina. All the women who grew up with her will go wild for this book. --Delia Ephron

I don't know if Melissa can write, and I don't know if you can read, but I know you and I have made bigger mistakes than trying to read her book. --Bill Murray

From the moment I met Melissa, she charmed me instantly. Melissa's delightful, witty, frank and thoughtful book shows a side of her we've never seen before. --Garry Marshall

You will enjoy nothing more than Melissa Joan Hart's sweet, sane, mildly tell-all-ish memoir, complete with James Van Der Beek and Adrian Grenier makeout stories. --New York

I loved Melissa's book! Her voice is so unique and strong. As a reader I felt in the moment, as if Melissa were telling me her stories firsthand. Proud of my fellow momista! --Tori Spelling

[Melissa's] stories include dishy memories...that contributed to who she is today. --TIME

Very candid. --Entertainment Weekly

Who knew Sabrina the Teenage Witch was such a badass?! --Perez Hilton

Author Bio

MELISSA JOAN HART is an actor/producer/director who made her first national commercial at age four. She currently costars 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.