Gilbert's Little Homewreck on the Prairie

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Advance details from 'Little House on the Prairie' star Melissa Gilbert's tell-all memoir have hit the Internet, and from the sound of it, that little house was not the happiest home. Star magazine reports that 'Prairie Tale', due out June 9, accuses actress Shannen Doherty of breaking up Gilbert's marriage to Bo Brinkman - when she was just a teen.
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Reportedly, Gilbert's book describes the moment she became aware that Doherty had a one-night stand with Brinkman. Star quoted a source who had read the passages, sharing, "Melissa implies in the book that it was Shannen who sought Bo out, purely because she wanted to be like Melissa" and adds that when Gilbert learned of the affair, "Shannen just looked her straight in the eye, smirked and made a snide comment."
Gilbert and Brinkman were married for four years, between 1988 and 1992 - and Doherty was only 19 when the marriage dissolved. The magazine doesn't indicate exactly how old Doherty might have been at the time of the fling.

Check out Melissa and Shannen as kids on 'Prairie'
In addition to the revelations in her book, Gilbert has been speaking out about past romantic relationships. She told PEOPLE that her relationship with Rob Lowe was intense, romantic - and ended in tragedy, ETonline reports.
The pair met when Lowe was only 14 and Gilbert was 17, but the actress "fell instantly, hopelessly and stupidly in love." She said, "I felt like I was starving for Rob. ... He wrote me poetry. He cooed the sweetest messages into my answering machine."
Though the couple planned to marry, their engagement ended with news of Gilbert's pregnancy. "Finally, with [Rob's] voice trembling and tears in his eyes he said very softly, 'I can't be a father,' Before I could respond, he said, 'I can't be a husband. I'm so sorry,'" she told PEOPLE.
The actress later had a miscarriage that she described as leaving her "totally alone."
"I had lost my baby and my relationship with Rob. ...and it hurt like hell," Gilbert said.
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