{"product_id":"wishful-drinking-paperback","title":"Wishful Drinking","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe bestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ePostcards from the Edge\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecomes 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\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, and become a cultural icon and bestselling action figure at the age of nineteen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntimate, hilarious, and sobering, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWishful Drinking\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWishful Drinking\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the show, has been a runaway success. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e declared it “drolly hysterical” and the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 8.46 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 08, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48186470695102,"sku":"9781439153710","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/0803\/4238\/files\/CrjoSfsGLB9781439153710.webp?v=1784740384","url":"https:\/\/thesandandscripts.com\/products\/wishful-drinking-paperback","provider":"The Sand \u0026 Script","version":"1.0","type":"link"}