Wishful Drinking
by Carrie Fisher
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Author: Carrie FisherEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-09-08
ISBN: 143915371X
Number of pages: 176
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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- ISBN13: 9781439153710
- Condition: New
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Book Reviews of Wishful Drinking
Book Review: Loved it!
Summary: 5 Stars
A fabulous read! Carrie Fisher's `Wishful Drinking' delivers with the same caustic wit that she has become known for in her years since helping to save the universe from the clutches of the evil Empire. Through a cynically trained gaze, Fisher tells the story of her life, steeped as it has been in the ridiculous. There was the original 'Brangelina'-esque circumstance of her parents, actress Debbie Reynolds and "womanizing yet virtually absent" singer Eddie Fisher, who went on to leave Reynolds for screen siren Elizabeth Taylor back in the 50's; there is the great comparison chart where Fisher outlines the multiple marriages, spouses, and children that her parents subsequently managed to rack up between them; there is Fisher's own acerbic take on her experience of being the iconic Princess Leia for the last three decades, a role that she mockingly proclaims as a "stunning, layered, and moving portrait"; there is the usual drug and alcohol anecdotes that one would expect in the memoir of a child of privilege such as Fisher; there are details about her tumultuous relationship with singer Paul Simon, and the fact that she was left by a man - for a man; in short, Fisher's book, and her life, are never wanting for absurdity. If you liked `Postcards From the Edge' or any of her other post-Star Wars work, then you will probably get a kick out of `Wishful Drinking'. I found her honesty endearing and the biting sarcasm with which she employs regularly throughout her narrative to be a lot more clever than I initially expected from this book. My only complaint would be that it was too short - at 160 pages, the reader is left wanting more, wanting Fisher to dryly recite yet another awkward family or Leia-related moment. A definite selling point for her show by the same name! The archival pictures were also a nice touch. In any event, if you appreciate acerbic commentary and cynicism in your literature as much as I do, then `Wishful Drinking' is your book! One need only glance at the title cover - a photo of the inebriated galactic heroine Leia, clutching at an empty martini glass surrounded by a variety of little blue pills - and you can quickly come to appreciate Fisher's sardonic wit! Like with the recurrence of the Proper Copper Coffee Pot! (the book will explain this rather amusing reference). Personally, I thought it was a really fun read and would highly recommend it!
Summary of Wishful Drinking
Finally, after four hit novels, Carrie Fisher comes clean (well, sort of ) with the crazy truth that is her life in her first-ever memoir. In Wishful Drinking, adapted from her one-woman stage show, Fisher reveals what it was really like to grow up a product of "Hollywood in-breeding," come of age on the set of a little movie called Star Wars, and become a cultural icon and bestselling action figure at the age of nineteen.Intimate, hilarious, and sobering, Wishful Drinking is Fisher, looking at her life as she best remembers it (what do you expect after electroshock therapy?). It's an incredible tale: the child of Hollywood royalty -- Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher -- homewrecked by Elizabeth Taylor, marrying (then divorcing, then dating) Paul Simon, having her likeness merchandized on everything from Princess Leia shampoo to PEZ dispensers, learning the father of her daughter forgot to tell her he was gay, and ultimately waking up one morning and finding a friend dead beside her in bed.
Wishful Drinking, the show, has been a runaway success. Entertainment Weekly declared it "drolly hysterical" and the Los Angeles Times called it a "Beverly Hills yard sale of juicy anecdotes." This is Carrie Fisher at her best -- revealing her worst. She tells her true and outrageous story of her bizarre reality with her inimitable wit, unabashed self-deprecation, and buoyant, infectious humor.
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