Book : Shockaholic - Fisher, Carrie

-Titulo Original : Shockaholic

-Fabricante :

Simon & Schuster

-Descripcion Original:

This memoir from the bestselling author of Postcards from the Edge and Wishful Drinking gives you an intimate, gossip-filled look at what it’s like to be the daughter of Hollywood royalty. Told with the same intimate style, brutal honesty, and uproarious wisdom that locked Wishful Drinking on the New York Times bestseller list for months, Shockaholic is the juicy account of Carrie Fisher’s life. Covering a broad range of topics-from never-before-heard tales of Hollywood gossip to outrageous moments of celebrity desperation; from alcoholism to illegal drug use; from the familial relationships of Hollywood royalty to scandalous run-ins with noteworthy politicians; from shock therapy to talk therapy-Carrie Fisher gives an intimate portrait of herself, and she’s one of the most indelible and powerful forces in culture at large today. Just as she has said of playing Princess Leia-“It isn’t all sweetness and light sabers”-Fisher takes readers on a no-holds-barred narrative adventure, both laugh-out-loud funny and poignant. Review Fisher is, at her core, a very good writer whos able to keep us entertained. Fisher deserves praise for being up front about the [electroshock] therapy...If she wants to keep talking, well keep listening.--Los Angeles Times Fishers word choices and comedic rhythm echo such literary comic masters as S.J. Perelman and Woody Allen . . . she proves the ripe adage that comedy really is tragedy plus time. Grade: A- --Cleveland Plain Dealer [Fisher] never lets herself veer into woe-is-me-ism. With charming shamelessness, she conducts a brisk and witty tour of her life, delivering up her tragedies as a nonstop laugh riot.--Elle Amazing . . . pretty fascinating stuff.--Rosie ODonnell (Windy City Times interview) Carrie Fisher goes from pathos to punch line with a flick of her wit. --Louisville Courier-Journal Carrie Fisher is able to deliver a sage, self-deprecating tour of addiction, bipolar disorder, and her experiences with ECT (Electro-Convulsive Therapy) in a way that leaves readers feeling like shes your funny, cynical, down-to-earth BFF. --BUST Fisher is a girl who knows how to tell a story . . . she can make us laugh, she can make us cringe, but she can also teach a great deal about the power of forgiveness.--People (4-star review) Fishers memoir Shockaholic, the follow-up to her successful autobiography and one-woman show, Wishful Drinking, is similarly witty, ramshackle, and outrageous.--Washington Post Hilarious.--Marie ClaireHollywoods new poor little rich girl . . . continues her tour down the rabbit hole of Crazy Town, sparking us through brightly lit secret corridors while twisting self-deprecation into an art form. Fishers wordplay is wicked, relentless, and playful as a bouncy house full of polar bear cubs.--San Francisco ChronicleTheres no such thing as TMI in Carrie Fishers world, and thats why were hooked on her new memoir, Shockaholic.--Ladies Home Journal[Shockaholic] stands out beautifully from what has become the madding memoir crowd.--Buffalo News About the Author Carrie Fisher (1956-2016) became a cultural icon as Princess Leia in the first Star Wars trilogy. She starred in countless films, including Shampoo and When Harry Met Sally. She is the author of Shockaholic; Wishful Drinking (which became a hit Broadway production); and four bestselling novels, Surrender the Pink, Delusions of Grandma, The Best Awful, and Postcards from the Edge. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Oy! My Pa - Pa I didn’t see my father all that much growing up, which resulted in him becoming a kind of mythic figure to me. I probably knew as much about him as some of his more rabid fans. I’d been told stories by other relatives of ours about how he would make plans to come pick up Todd and me and then not show up. This apparently occurred enough so that b