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Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Preview — Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher. Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher. 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.

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. Get A Copy. Hardcover , First Edition , pages. More Details Original Title. Carrie Fisher. Other Editions Friend Reviews.

To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Wishful Drinking , please sign up. Curious if anyone knows of a book discussion guide or something along those lines is available for this book? I have been looking for discussion questions etc but no luck so far. Thanks in advance! Cat Tackfiction Not sure if there's any specifically for this book but there's a 'book club' on Facebook called 'page habit book club' where people post everyday - Co …more Not sure if there's any specifically for this book but there's a 'book club' on Facebook called 'page habit book club' where people post everyday - Could always ask there!

This question contains spoilers What makes this book so special? See 2 questions about Wishful Drinking…. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Wishful Drinking. When the original Star Wars trilogy came out, I was too young to have nurtured any grotty, pubescent fantasies about Princess Leia though I guess by the time of Return of the Jedi , I was old enough to be confusedly excited by those harem scenes with Jabba the Hutt.

Other th When the original Star Wars trilogy came out, I was too young to have nurtured any grotty, pubescent fantasies about Princess Leia though I guess by the time of Return of the Jedi , I was old enough to be confusedly excited by those harem scenes with Jabba the Hutt. I mean you would just love him. My father also smokes four joints a day.

Not for medical reasons. So I call him Puff Daddy. But he is just adorable. Right, not very. I mean other than absolutely nothing at all? Okay, not Schopenhauer profound, but still. Come to think of it, what could be more freakish than that: a human being in Hollywood? It must get awfully lonely for her.

View all 36 comments. Oct 18, Elyse Walters rated it really liked it Shelves: biography-autobiography-memoir , humor , non-fiction , mental-health-psychology-self-help.

Audiobook - Library Overdrive- I downloaded this on a whim - it was available. I knew nothing about her childhood - her absent father - her history with drugs - her history with a variety of psychiatrists Audiobook - Library Overdrive- I downloaded this on a whim - it was available.

So sad for the lost of both Carrie and Debbie Reynolds. I wished it did. Great audiobook! Beautiful tribute to Carry Fisher. I fell in love with her myself. View all 7 comments. Feb 27, Matt rated it liked it Shelves: audiobook. Turning to the first of her short memoirs, I was faced with some of Carrie Fisher's most interesting sentiments and humorous anecdotes detailing a life about which I knew very little.

Fisher adds as an opening disclaimer that she underwent electro-convulsive therapy ECT , which erased some of her past memories, so things within these pages might not be as clear or succinct as their actual occurrences. Born in the worst possible situation, the offspring of two Hollywood stars, Carrie Fisher foun Turning to the first of her short memoirs, I was faced with some of Carrie Fisher's most interesting sentiments and humorous anecdotes detailing a life about which I knew very little.

Born in the worst possible situation, the offspring of two Hollywood stars, Carrie Fisher found herself in the middle of the most complex family tree imaginable. With Eddie Fisher an apparently famous crooner of the s and Debbie Reynolds famous Hollywood starlet at a young age as parents, Fisher was forced to live in their blinding glory and make a name for herself.

However, as with many star-studded couples, her parents moved on to bigger and better things, leaving her as a child of divorce. Does she use this excuse to explain away her decision to turn to drugs and alcohol? Not at all, or at least no more than any other child. Fisher tells of a life both in Los Angeles and New York, following her mother along her successful but fading career before she ended up on the set of Star Wars at nineteen and carving out a name for herself.

This single character Princess Leia has permeated Fisher's very being and she was forever unable to shake its presence. Pulling out some stories about her interactions with George Lucas to explain why wearing a bra on set would not make scientific sense, her brief marriage to Paul Simon, and eventually marrying a man who got her pregnant and eventually announced that he was gay, Fisher takes the reader through a whirlwind tour of some of her most memorable moments, all surrounding an ever-increasing dependence on pills, psychiatrists, and flashes of fame.

An interesting smattering of thoughts and memories, instilled with enough humour to leave the reader feeling this is an extended comedy dialogue, Fisher presents something to tide the reader over between larger and more substantial reading assignments.

Funny for what it is, but not a stellar piece for those seeking an in-depth exploration of Carrie Fisher's life. Some might wonder why I am reading Carrie Fisher after I panned her two novels so recently.

I knew what I was getting into with this book and it delivered precisely what I expected. While I might have preferred something more linear, I found myself interested in all the adventures, follies, and downright stupidity that crossed Fisher's path.

I knew her only as Princess Leia though I was not one to plaster posters upon my wall and so all of this proved both intriguing and even a little entertaining. Fisher does not try to gussy up her writing or her stories.

They are precisely as she remembers them, though she does remind the reader of her ECT throughout the piece, which acts as a means to understand some of the more random commentaries found herein. Engaging and even a little provocative, Fisher serves her purpose by presenting this piece, the first in what became a series.

We shall see what else comes to pass as the Force flows through me for the other two memoir-ish publications. Kudos, Madam Fisher for entertaining and intriguing me. View all 8 comments. Aug 31, Barbara rated it liked it. Carrie was 19 when the first movie filmed and - perhaps coincidentally - this was when the actress transitioned from habitually smoking pot to using hallucinogens and opiates.

Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia In time Carrie became a drug-addicted alcoholic with manic-depressive disorder bipolar disorder 2. In this humorous mini-biography - written when Carrie was 52 - the actress relates her story. Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher Debbie starred in iconic films like 'Singin' in the Rain' and Eddie has a long list of oldies, but is 'better known for his scandals than his singing. Eventually, Eddie married a Chinese woman - Betty Lin - and after she died 'he started to date all of Chinatown.

Carrie Fisher sang in her mother's nightclub act Carrie got hold of a bag of pot and 'experimented her brains out' with a friend. Carrie started seeing shrinks at the age of By that time Carrie was in her mids, and heavily into alcohol and drugs.

She used these 'to turn down the sound [in her head] and smooth her sharp corners. Carrie notes that her first marriage mirrored her mother's first union - both Paul Simon and Eddie Fisher were 'short, Jewish singers. Realizing that her life had become unmanageable, Carrie started attending step programs Over the years Carrie had four relapses or 'explosions. Finally, Carrie's third and best psychiatrist correctly diagnosed her with bipolar disorder 2, and medicated her.

Unfortunately, two of the pharmaceuticals interacted badly and Carrie was taken off her meds. She ended up psychotic. This eventually led to eletroconvulsive therapy which helped Carrie get better - but robbed her of many memories. Luckily, Carrie had enough remembrances left to write this book.

Carrie Fisher was diagnosed with bipolar disorder Carrie notes: 'After all the rehabs and all the mental hospitals, I thought to myself, if what doesn't kill you makes you stronger I should be able to lift Cedars Sinai Hospital and glow in the dark. Here are a few examples: Carrie's stepfather Harry Karl Debbie's second husband was not a handsome man, but was wealthy and well-groomed, said to be distinguished looking.

Carrie notes, 'That's ugly with money. When Debbie caught on to Harry's shenanigans she high-tailed it to New York with the children - to do a musical. The couple soon divorced When Todd Carrie's brother accidently shot himself in the leg with a gun, Debbie called Carrie from the hospital with the following instructions: 'Rush home and hide all the guns and bullets and flush Todd's marijuana down the toilet. Carrie notes, 'More like a mafia family than a show business one. She describes Debbie as 'the prettiest, funniest, kindest mother; quick and witty; a consummate performer; and an insanely strong life force Debbie Reynolds was a kind, pretty mother Debbie Reynolds with her third husband Richard Hamlett Carrie had a beautiful daughter, Billie, with her second husband Brian Lourd.

When Billie was one, Brian left Carrie for a man named Scott. This devastated the actress Carrie Fisher with her second husband Brian Lourd Carrie Fisher with her daughter Billie After Star Wars became a megahit, Carrie was 'merchandised' into a little doll, a shampoo bottle, a soap, a watch, a Mrs.

Potato Head, a Lego figure, a stamp, and a Pez dispenser. Much to Carrie's dismay, she's even a sex doll. Carrie notes, 'If someone tells me to go fuck myself, I can give it a whirl.

Princess Leia doll Princess Leia Mrs. Today, her fame as an author, actress, and pop-culture icon is indisputable, but in , Carrie Fisher was just a teenager with an all-consuming crush on her costar, Harrison Ford. While he's not quite a household name, most people would consider H. Jon Benjamin, the voice-actor star of Archer and Bob's Burgers and a sentient can of mixed vegetables in 's Wet Hot American Summer a comedy show business success. But he'd like to remind everyone that as great as success can be, failure is also an option.

In a hilarious, self-deprecating memoir, Jon lays out some of his many failures in all areas of life, from Work "wherein I'm unable to deliver a sizzling fajita" to Family "wherein a trip to PF Chang's fractures a family".

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What I'm saying is, let us begin, shall we? By: Ellen DeGeneres. Starting With Me , the unstoppable Joan Rivers is at it again. When her daughter Melissa gives her a diary for Christmas, at first Joan is horrified—who the hell does Melissa think she is? That fat pig, Bridget Jones? But as Joan, being both beautiful and introspective, begins to record her day-to-day musings, she realizes she has a lot to say. About everything.

And everyone, God help them. By: Joan Rivers. In this wickedly honest new work, Chelsea Handler casts the net wider with even funnier results, recalling the most noteworthy highs and lows of her life to date - including her efforts to diversify by dating red-haired men, her obsession with midgets, and the dog-sitting interlude in which her boyfriend became overly familiar with a Peekapoo.

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By: Tim Conway , and others. Bryan Cranston landed his first role at seven, when his father, a struggling actor and director, cast him in a United Way commercial. Soon Bryan was haunting the local movie theater, memorizing and reenacting favorite scenes with his older brother. Acting was clearly the boy's destiny - until one day his father disappeared. Suddenly destiny took a backseat to survival.

Seeking something more stable, perhaps subconsciously trying to distance himself from his absent father, Cranston decided on a career in law enforcement.

By: Bryan Cranston. 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.

Carrie Fisher was born to famous parents, grew up in the wake of an infamous Hollywood scandal, and starred in what would become the most famous movie franchise in the world when she was 19 years old. But by her death in , she was just as renowned for her candor in speaking about her struggles with drug addiction, depression, and other mental illnesses in her various celebrity memoirs, all with her trademark sense of humor.

She was sick and she got help, over and over again, and she cracked jokes in between. I'm a bit confused by the low-ratings other listeners have given this audiobook, as I found it to be a frequently hilarious, laugh-out-loud work marked by an enjoyably idiosyncratic performance by the author.

My only complaint is that at just a hair over three hours, it left me wanting much more. I can only hope that in the near future we'll see the release of Wishful Drinking Strikes Back! A couple of weeks ago, I thought it would be fun to listen to "Wishful Drinking" to get ready for Carrie Fisher's newest, "The Princess Diarist" November 22, Before Audible, I'd read "Wishful Drinking" on paper.

I thought it was mildly amusing but not terribly insightful or even memorable, a 3 or 3. According to the National Institute for Mental Health of the National Institutes of Health, that's the percentage of American adults who, in any given year, are living with a mental illness.

Retrieved from nimh dot nih dot gov on December 27, I personally hate the term "suffering from" - does anyone say they are "suffering from" diabetes?

She lived with manic Roy and sobbing Pam, the names she gave to the two wildly divergent sides of her bipolar disorder. Fisher's bipolar disorder went undiagnosed for long enough to give her blackout drinking and overdose drug problems when she self-medicated.

Shock treatment helped eventually, but it robbed her of some memories - but thankfully, not her sense of humor. Here are some great quotes from the book: "Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.

I was so looking forward to listening to "The Princess Diarist. I was crushed when Fisher died on December 27, Her mother, the charming actress Debbie Reynolds, followed Fisher just a day later, on December I imagine if there's an afterlife, Fisher's already busy at work on an amusing monologue about her mother dramatically upstaging her in death. What did you love best about Wishful Drinking?

Carrie Fisher's humor was non stop - her self deprecating 1 liners had me in tears. I know people at the stop lights were looking at me wondering what was wrong with me. What was one of the most memorable moments of Wishful Drinking? When she was referring to Lucas owning the "rights" to the Princess Leia likeliness - and referred to her cosmic regions. I love her voice. Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I wanted to hear more about Carrie Fisher from her own words and hear her stories. There are essentially two parts to the book. She talks about growing up in the entertainment industry, and how it's weirdness, along with the influences of those around her, famous or not, helped shape her life.

She does briefly talk about Star Wars, and how George Lucus "ruined her life" but, in the nicest way possible. She also talks about her Mother Debbie Reynolds quite a bit as well. The second part goes into great detail her struggle with Bipolar disorder, and also her struggles with drugs and alcohol. She mentions her electro-shock therapy as a means to help overcome this disorder, with the unfortunate side effect of losing a lot of her memory. The tale she tells is very entertaining, as Carrie Fisher is a very witty individual.

I never felt bored or wishing I was listening to something else during the audiobook. At first, I had wished for more stories about her experiences with Star Wars, but I do understand that it certainly wasn't the only part of her life and if anything made her life very stressfull. The quality of the audio is well, though Carrie does have the tendancy to shout some of the end of her lines to try and add a bit of humor, which isn't all too necessary. Overall, I'd recommend this one and would listen to any future audiobooks by the author.

I can't understand the low ratings by some listeners. Carrie Fisher is an inspiration. She's a survivor who's laugh out loud funny. I couldn't stop listening to this audiobook. I have always been a fan. I enjoyed listening to her tell her story. Though it does sometimes seem a bit long; I do think this is worth a listen. Maybe even going back to listen again at some point.

This is not an autobiography; this is a memoir of sorts; just some funny bits from a life lived at full tilt. The humor and insight Ms. Fisher reveals regarding her struggles with addiction and bipolar disorder is marvelous. I thought it was great. She does not complain or wallow in self pity; she has reached the stage in her life that she can laugh at the hard bits; and shares that with us. I enjoyed her reading; I thought it really added to the book. She swears and has a different sense of humor, but that's what I liked about it.

This is not a book of her life; it is a book of scenes from a life. Carrie Fisher covers her life from the beginning through current times leaving nothing to the imagination.

This is certainly not a perfect world and she shows us her faults as well as those who have been a part of life. Given how far her family tree reaches into the world of celebrity it's amazing she has any scope of the real world. The show is at times sad as well as unbelievable. I didn't find it to be cruel, rude or obnoxious in any way. What is here is her life story filled with good times and bad, as all of us have, though hers has been in the public eye.

Ms Fisher purposefully gives us plenty of under and overtones of comedy, be it tragic or all out slapstick. An enjoyable show to say the least. StymieJ Jan 7, Details Edit. Release date December 12, United States. United States. World of Wonder Productions. Technical specs Edit. Runtime 1 hour 17 minutes. Related news. Jul 20 The Wrap. Jan 29 We Got This Covered. Contribute to this page Suggest an edit or add missing content.

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