By the time Carrie Fisher wrote Shockaholic, it had been a roller coaster of a few years since her Tony- and Emmy-nominated, one-woman Broadway show and New York Times bestselling book Wishful Drinking. The electro-convulsive shock therapy she's been undergoing is threatening to wipe out (what's left of) her memory. She lost her beloved father, Eddie Fisher, but also her once-upon-a-very-brief-time stepmother, Elizabeth Taylor, as well as over forty pounds of unwanted flesh, all the while staying sober and sane-ish. Yes, of course, Shockaholic is laugh-out-loud funny, acerbic, and witty as hell. But it also reveals a new side of Carrie Fisher that may even bring a pleasant shock your way: it is contemplative, vulnerable, and ultimately quite tender. From the woman who took us to space and back, we bring you Carrie Fisher: the woman, mother, daughter and of course, Princess. Carrie Fisher, the daughter of Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher, became an icon when she starred as Princess Leia in the original Star Wars trilogy. Her star-studded career included roles in numerous films such as The Blues Brothers and When Harry Met Sally. She was the author of four bestselling novels, Surrender in the Pink, Delusions of Grandma, The Best Awful and Postcards from the Edge, which was made into a hit film starring Shirley MacLaine and Meryl Streep. Her first work of non-fiction was the cult hit Wishful Drinking. Carrie's experience with addiction and mental illness – and her willingness to talk honestly about them – made her a sought-after speaker and respected advocate. She was truly one of the most magical people to walk among us.
Fisher beautifully brings readers the inside of Hollywood through a web of humor, drugs, relationships, Hollywood Party Terror, and much more. The plot centers on a 30-year-old actress named Suzanne Vale, and follows her challenges as she overcomes her drug addiction, gets back into the swing of things, and falls in love, sort of.
Wishful Drinking is a touching and incisive account of bipolarity, addiction and motherhood.' Independent 'No motive is pure. No one is good or bad - but a hearty mix of both. And sometimes life actually gives to you by taking away.' Carrie Fisher in Wishful DrinkingIn Wishful Drinking, Carrie Fisher told 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 sabres." 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 and weathering the wild ride of manic depression. It's an incredible tale: from having Elizabeth Taylor as a stepmother, to marrying (and divorcing) Paul Simon, and 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.
Carrie Fisher's star-studded career included roles in numerous films such as The Blues Brothers and When Harry Met Sally. She was the author of four bestselling novels, Surrender in the Pink, Delusions of Grandma, The Best Awful and Postcards from the Edge, which was made into a hit film starring Shirley MacLaine and Meryl Streep. Carrie's experience with addiction and mental illness - and her willingness to talk honestly about them - made her a sought-after speaker and respected advocate.
She was truly one of the most magical people to walk among us. Further praise for Carrie Fisher:-[Shockaholic] is the finest, funniest chronicler of the maddest celebrity mores.' Sunday Times'Fisher has a talent for lacerating insight that masquerades as carefree self-deprecation' Los Angeles Times'She is one of the rare inhabitants of La-La Land who can actually write' New York Times
When Carrie Fisher discovered the journals she kept during the filming of the first Star Wars movie, she was astonished to see what they had preserved - plaintive love poems, unbridled musings with youthful naiveté, and a vulnerability that she barely recognized. Now her fame as an author, actress, and pop-culture icon is indisputable, but in 1977, Carrie Fisher was just a teenager with an all-consuming crush on her co-star, Harrison Ford.
With these excerpts from her handwritten notebooks, The Princess Diarist is Fisher’s intimate and revealing recollection of what happened on one of the most famous film sets of all time – and what developed behind the scenes. Fisher also ponders the joys and insanity of celebrity, and the absurdity of a life spawned by Hollywood royalty, only to be surpassed by her own outer-space royalty. Laugh-out-loud hilarious and endlessly quotable, The Princess Diarist brims with the candour and introspection of a diary while offering shrewd insight into the type of stardom that few will ever experience.
NIE WSZYSTKIE KSIĘŻNICZKI ŻYJĄ W WYSOKICH WIEŻACH. NIEKTÓRE KRĘCĄ GWIEZDNE WOJNY
Kiedy Carrie Fisher po latach odnalazła swój pamiętnik prowadzony podczas kręcenia pierwszych Gwiezdnych Wojen sama była zaskoczona tym, co tam znalazła. Wydawało się, jakby pisały go dwie osoby - wrażliwa romantyczka i młoda, energiczna dziewczyna szukająca silnych wrażeń.
Dla młodziutkiej Carrie rok 1977 okazał się przełomowy. Otrzymała rolę, która na zawsze stała się jej alter ego. Po latach sama powiedziała, że księżniczka Leia to część jej osobowości.
Zadurzona w filmowym partnerze – Harrisonie Fordzie spełniła swój sen i przeżyła płomienny romans z kapitanem Sokoła Millenium zarówno na jak i poza ekranem. W swojej ostatniej książce rozwiewa plotki i zdradza, co się wtedy wydarzyło.
Fisher z rozbrajającą szczerością pisze o swoim szalonym życiu w Hollywood, olbrzymich pieniądzach i cenie sławy. „Pamiętnik Księżniczki” to ostatnia książka Carrie Fisher i opis jej drogi przez ciemną i jasną stronę mocy.
The Princess Diarist is Carrie Fisher’s intimate, hilarious and revealing recollection of what happened behind the scenes on one of the most famous film sets of all time, the first Star Wars movie. * Named a PEOPLE Magazine Best Book of Fall 2016 *A New York Times Bestseller * „Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds” premieres on HBO in January 2017. When Carrie Fisher recently discovered the journals she kept during the filming of the first Star Wars movie, she was astonished to see what they had preserved--plaintive love poems, unbridled musings with youthful naivete, and a vulnerability that she barely recognized. Today, her fame as an author, actress, and pop-culture icon is indisputable, but in 1977, Carrie Fisher was just a teenager with an all-consuming crush on her costar, Harrison Ford. With these excerpts from her handwritten notebooks, The Princess Diarist is Fisher’s intimate and revealing recollection of what happened on one of the most famous film sets of all time--and what developed behind the scenes. Fisher also ponders the joys and insanity of celebrity, and the absurdity of a life spawned by Hollywood royalty, only to be surpassed by her own outer-space royalty. Laugh-out-loud hilarious and endlessly quotable, The Princess Diarist brims with the candor and introspection of a diary while offering shrewd insight into the type of stardom that few will ever experience.
Trudno wyobrazić sobie sagę filmową Star Wars (Gwiezdne Wojny) bez jej kreacji aktorskiej jako księżniczki Lei. Carrie Fisher zasłynęła jednak nie tylko niezapomnianą rolą siostry Luke'a Skywalkera w trylogii George'a Lucasa, ale również jako autorka czterech bestsellerowymi powieściami. „Księżniczka po przejściach” to autentyczna i bezkompromisowa autobiografia , w której Fisher postanawia opowiedzieć całą prawdę o swoim barwnym, choć niełatwym życiu. Jakie było jej dzieciństwo, gdy dorastała jako produkt „hollywoodzkiej hodowli gwiazd”. Jej rodzicami byli, znani na całym świecie: Debbie Reynolds i Eddie Fisher. Jak sama stawała się ikoną popkultury, wcielając się w księżniczkę Leię w kultowej trylogii Lucasa. Wprost pisze o swoim uzależnieniu od narkotyków i alkoholu, problemach z depresją i o wychodzeniu na prostą. Książka jest bestsellerem New York Timesa!
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