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Wishful Drinking

By: Carrie Fisher
Narrated by: Carrie Fisher
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 In Wishful Drinking, Carrie Fisher tells the true and intoxicating story of her life with inimitable wit. Born to celebrity parents, she was picked to play a princess in a little movie called Star Wars when only 19 years old. "But it isn't all sweetness and light sabers."

Alas, aside from a demanding career and her role as a single mother (not to mention the hyperspace hairdo), Carrie also spends her free time battling addiction, weathering the wild ride of manic depression and lounging around various mental institutions. It's an incredible tale - from having Elizabeth Taylor as a stepmother, to marrying (and divorcing) Paul Simon, from having the father of her daughter leave her for a man, to ultimately waking up one morning and finding a friend dead beside her in bed.

©2008 Delinquence, Inc. (P)2008 Simon & Schuster, Inc Entertainment & Celebrities Women Celebrity Funny Witty Mental Health Star Wars Biography Health Comedy Substance abuse
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Loved listening to Carrie. What a life. Brutal honesty.
Many ups and downs in her short life bravely shared in this read.
Highly recommended.

Incredible Honesty

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I love how candid Carrie is and her sense of humour accompanying it. I laughed out loud for real!

Amazingly funny

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Loved it from start to finish, but hearing Carrie read it makes me feel closer to her

smiled, laughed and cried

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many moments I had to laugh out loud. it's honest, pure, funny and highly entertaining. her story about her depression is very insightful and has lots of clarity. would highly recommend it.

hilarious and sensitive

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This is a terrific, funny book that I wish I'd read sooner. Vale Carrie Fisher.

Strangled by my bra, bathed in moonlight

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excellent book by Carrie fisher. so funny, raw, fascinating, bizarre but an excellent read

hilarity, honesty. ridiculousness and a plethora

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Given the other reviews, I was expecting a laugh-out-loud book This is not that book in my opinion. I enjoyed it. And I liked learning more about Carrie Fisher, and she told her story with wit and courage. But making light of really tough situations or looking for the brighter side is not the same as comedy. But I didn't know her story and that was interesting. Will likely read another one.

Interesting life

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Highly recommend this candid, fun and interesting story of Carrie Fishers live, loves and struggles.

Honest and hilarious

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Could not fault anything. Great comic timing. I wish I could have seen her live at one of her shows.

Carrie’s reading is excellent

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I honestly loved listening to it! Made me almost cry, yet I found myself laughing at Carrie.

I love it

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