Wishful Drinking - Couverture souple

Fisher, Carrie

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1847397832 ISBN 13 : 9781847397836

Editeur : Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2009

Synopsis

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A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

'What a joy to watch Fisher on screen! And she writes precisely as she looks: like a continually fresh and bold idea' Sunday Times
Finally, Carrie Fisher comes clean (well, sort of) with the crazy truth that is her life. Intimate, hilarious, and sobering, it is an incredible tale. She reveals what it was like to be the child of Hollywood royalty - Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher - home wrecked by Elizabeth Taylor, come of age on the set of a little movie called Star Wars, become a cultural icon and bestselling action figure at the age of nineteen, marry (then divorce, then date) Paul Simon, learn the father of her daughter forgot to tell her he was gay, and write four hit novels.
But it isn't all sweetness and light sabres. Battling addiction and weathering the wild ride of manic depression, this is Carrie Fisher at her best - revealing her worst. She tells her true and outrageous story with inimitable wit, unabashed self-deprecation, and buoyant, infectious humour.
'Fisher is witty and intelligent and a scintillating writer' Daily Express
'She has a wonderful self-deprecating wit and total lack of self-pity … She is a one-off and a joy' The Times
'An honest, funny, look at the Hollywood elite … Wishful Drinking should be read as an account, as touching and incisive as any, of bipolarity, addiction and motherhood' Independent

Revue de presse

‘In her candid and hilarious autobiography, Carrie reveals the bizarre secrets of her Hollywood upbringing’
Mail on Sunday 23/11
‘Wishful Drinking should be read as an account, as touching and incisive as any, of bipolarity, addiction and motherhood’
Independent 12/12
‘She has a wonderful self-deprecating wit and total lack of self-pity – there is none of the I Will Survive grandiosity one expects from Hollywood memoirs’
The Times 13/12

‘What makes Wishful Drinking remarkable is that it is, as far as I can make out, the invention of a whole new, and very specialised, literary genre’
The Times 13/12

‘What a joy to watch Fisher on screen! And she writes precisely as she looks: like a continually fresh and bold idea’
Sunday Times 14/12
'It's a classic Hollywood tale ... but also a complete one-off ... the stories come thick and fast ... hysterically funny' Scotland on Sunday

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Simon & Schuster Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1847397832
• ISBN 13: 9781847397836
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 176