false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255588320m/6734757.jpg 4961048 5 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 <I>Wishful Drinking</i>, 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.<P>Intimate, hilarious, and sobering, <I>Wishful Drinking</i> 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.<P><I>Wishful Drinking</i>, the show, has been a runaway success. <I>Entertainment Weekly</i> declared it "drolly hysterical" and the <I>Los Angeles Times</i> 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. 5026857 2 12 2008 Wishful Drinking total:1955|5:31|4:66|3:77|2:41|1:14| 1955 6393 3175 736 5 9 false false Wed Dec 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 01 09:49:39 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 09:53:06 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 4 false false Mon Jan 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 06:56:02 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 09:46:16 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Feb 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 03:56:13 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 04:07:12 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Feb 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 14:59:19 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 15:05:28 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 2 false false Tue Dec 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 14:12:51 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 15:35:19 -0800 2008
I liked: her descriptions of her childhood experiences with old Hollywood. I am a pushover for a good (or even a mediocre) Cary Grant story. Also, I love...more...]]> 4 2 false false Sun Mar 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 10:51:27 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 10:57:14 -0700 2009
I enjoyed Fisher's comments, such as --

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Great cover illustration of a sloshed Princess Leia. At last ditching the red-haired bastard stepchild that is the 'semi-autobiographical novel' the actress sets down what actually happened. Well, what she thinks happened. At least what she can remember.
]]> 4 1 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 21 08:51:44 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 10:45:00 -0700 2009 The Million Dollar Mermaid. And what she does tell is pretty cut and dry with no euphemisms (for example Fischer describes that when Elizabeth Taylor's husband died in a t...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Mar 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 19:30:27 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 19:37:45 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 05:32:04 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 05:37:23 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Dec 18 10:14:08 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 10:35:11 -0800 2008
Those expecting a chronological autobiography from the woman familiarly known as Princess Leia will be disappointed....more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Dec 07 20:25:16 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 20:31:46 -0800 2008 Wishful Drinking wasn't at all what I expected, although I'm not sure what exactly I DID expect. It was fun to peak in on Carrie Fisher's childhood and see...more...]]> 3 0 false true Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 09:11:59 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 09:27:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Oct 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 07:25:21 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 07:31:33 -0700 2009 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," com...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Oct 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 07:17:35 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 07:27:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 04:58:04 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 04:58:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Jun 06 17:28:48 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 17:38:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 07:10:02 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 07:10:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6734757