Melissa Joan Hart Books

John Giacobello's biography of Melissa Joan Hart is nothing short of astonishing. With clear prose he relays the struggles beset upon the star of "Sabrina the Teen-Aged Witch" with clarity, lucid detail, and not a little empathy.

From the early years of her Dickensian childhood, through her proceeding years as triumphant television star - we feel we've met Ms. Hart intimately, profoundly; had fries and Pepsi with her; spent quality time with a quality teen. The controversially "disputed facts" alleged in the cannon of Melissa Joan Hart biographies are laid to rest once and for all by John Giacobello.

The book is a revelation, and certainly the definitive biography of one, if not perhaps our most talented actress.

I thought this book wouldn't be very good (as its not a biography written by Melissa herself), however, it has a lot of information that's very interesting about Melissa's career and family, some of which I did not already know.

This book is well written, concise and up to date. It could only be better than it is, if it was written in a few years time (after all Melissa's only 24) and it detailed more about her flourishing acting career and her recent venture into producing and/or directing Sabrina the Teenage Witch and other projects.

Melissa's works alongside her Mother, Paula Hart, who produces many films eg. Sabrina the Teenage Witch (tv series and 1996 film), Sabrina Downunder, Sabrina Goes to Rome, Two Came Back and Silencing Mary and two new projects, The Batchelor and the Bobby-Soxer and Backflash Blues which are produced by their production company, Hartbreak Films.

It would be nice to read about Melissa in a follow up book by this author when Melissa's in her thirty's, or read an auto-biography written by Melissa herself. I'd also like to see more merchandise become available eg. posters, calendars, sabrina tv series videos and dolls as well as an official website where we can contact Melissa at Hartbreak Films.

Thumbs up for a great book with an interesting topic.