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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9781439153710
- Book Title
- Wishful Drinking
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Item Length
- 8.3 in
- Publication Year
- 2009
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.7 in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography
- Topic
- Women, Rich & Famous, Personal Memoirs, Entertainment & Performing Arts
- Item Weight
- 6.7 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 176 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
143915371X
ISBN-13
9781439153710
eBay Product ID (ePID)
24038551836
Product Key Features
Book Title
Wishful Drinking
Number of Pages
176 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Women, Rich & Famous, Personal Memoirs, Entertainment & Performing Arts
Publication Year
2009
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
6.7 Oz
Item Length
8.3 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"There are more juicy confessions and outrageously funny observations packed in these honest pages than most celebrity bios twice the length...With acerbic precisions and brash humor, she writes of struggling with and enjoying aspects of her alcoholism, drug addiction and mental breakdowns. Her razor-sharp observations about celebrity, addiction and sexuality demand to be read aloud to friends." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review), "[Fisher] has a talent for lacerating insight that masquerades as carefree self-deprecation...The effect, ultimately, is extraordinarily painful while being extremely entertaining...[S]he's done her best to make sense of it all, and throughout, her humor has held up. In her own defiant manner, she's fought the good fight."-- The Los Angeles Times, "[T]here are also sparkling bons mots bespeaking [Carrie's] quirky intelligence and sweetness. Spoken like a true princess."-- Elle, "Fisher, unlike most celebrities (especially ones spawned from other celebrities) can actually write, and... Wishful Drinking , though an extremely short book, is super salacious and entertaining."-- Jezebel.com, "[T]here are also sparkling bons mots bespeaking [Carrie's] quirky intelligence and sweetness. Spoken like a true princess." -- Elle, "Clearly, you should buy this book....she has expert comic timing and, perhaps more importantly, better stories than most drug addicts....Fisher is unafraid to write, brutally and vividly."-- New York Post, "Fisher, unlike most celebrities (especially ones spawned from other celebrities) can actually write, and... Wishful Drinking , though an extremely short book, is super salacious and entertaining." -- Jezebel.com, "Fisher, unlike most celebrities (especially ones spawned from other celebrities) can actually write, and...Wishful Drinking, though an extremely short book, is super salacious and entertaining."-- Jezebel.com, "[Fisher] has a talent for lacerating insight that masquerades as carefree self-deprecation...The effect, ultimately, is extraordinarily painful while being extremely entertaining...[S]he's done her best to make sense of it all, and throughout, her humor has held up. In her own defiant manner, she's fought the good fight."--The Los Angeles Times, "Clearly, you should buy this book....she has expert comic timing and, perhaps more importantly, better stories than most drug addicts....Fisher is unafraid to write, brutally and vividly."--New York Post, "Clearly, you should buy this book....she has expert comic timing and, perhaps more importantly, better stories than most drug addicts....Fisher is unafraid to write, brutally and vividly." -- New York Post, "There are more juicy confessions and outrageously funny observations packed in these honest pages than most celebrity bios twice the length...With acerbic precisions and brash humor, she writes of struggling with and enjoying aspects of her alcoholism, drug addiction and mental breakdowns. Her razor-sharp observations about celebrity, addiction and sexuality demand to be read aloud to friends."-- Publishers Weekly (starred review), "[Fisher] has a talent for lacerating insight that masquerades as carefree self-deprecation...The effect, ultimately, is extraordinarily painful while being extremely entertaining...[S]he's done her best to make sense of it all, and throughout, her humor has held up. In her own defiant manner, she's fought the good fight." -- The Los Angeles Times, "She's still funny as hell...Her stories bubble, bounce, and careen with an energy...Get someone to read this rollicking book aloud to you."-- Entertainment Weekly, "There are more juicy confessions and outrageously funny observations packed in these honest pages than most celebrity bios twice the length...With acerbic precisions and brash humor, she writes of struggling with and enjoying aspects of her alcoholism, drug addiction and mental breakdowns. Her razor-sharp observations about celebrity, addiction and sexuality demand to be read aloud to friends."--Publishers Weekly(starred review), "She's still funny as hell...Her stories bubble, bounce, and careen with an energy...Get someone to read this rollicking book aloud to you." -- Entertainment Weekly, "Fisher is a language obsessive, a nimble verbal acrobat who puns and somersaults around a page with glee...If you are a fan of Fisher's fiction, a follower of her mental illness or simply a looky-loo stargazer curious about her Hollywood heritage,Wishful Drinkingwill likely make you laugh." -- Slate.com, "Fisher is a language obsessive, a nimble verbal acrobat who puns and somersaults around a page with glee...If you are a fan of Fisher's fiction, a follower of her mental illness or simply a looky-loo stargazer curious about her Hollywood heritage, Wishful Drinking will likely make you laugh." -- Slate.com
Dewey Decimal
791.43028092
Synopsis
The bestselling author of Postcards from the Edge comes clean (well, sort of) in her first-ever memoir, adapted from her one-woman Broadway hit 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., The bestselling author of Postcards from the Edge comes clean (well, sort of) in her first-ever memoir, adapted from her one-woman Broadway hit show. Fisher reveals what it was really like to grow up a product of "Hollywood in-breeding," come of
LC Classification Number
PN1998.3
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- Aug 13, 2017
More good stuff from Carrie Fisher
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- May 09, 2017
I'm really enjoying this book
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- Sep 27, 2021
Funny, wise
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- Sep 20, 2016
One of the best autobiographies I've Read
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- Jan 30, 2017
Like the way the author expresses herself. Compelling and funny.
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- b***o (259)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseshipping was a little delayed from something weird at the post office. Packaging was sufficient, and the bag was as described. Overall, the bag was reasonably priced for being new, and I'd buy from this seller again based on my experience.
- i***d (15)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseThe package arrived in just a few days, well packed and just as pictured. Would definitely recommend this seller.Vintage Retro Ear Of Corn, corn on the cob salt and pepper shakers (#388484195480)
- c***c (24)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseSuper happy with my purchase! Item was shipped and delivered very quickly, and I was able to receive it very quickly. The item was packaged nicely and safely. It arrived just as described and looked just as it did in the photos. Very impressed with the quality of the item, and would definitely buy from this seller again!