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Carrie Fisher : a life on the edge / Sheila Weller.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019Edition: First editionDescription: 402 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780374282233
  • 0374282234
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Contents:
Introduction: famous just for being herself -- Hollywood baby -- A complicated childhood -- From broadway to Beatty to Britain -- Princess Leia becomes the toast of New York -- The fabulous life of the girl in the metal bikini -- "She burned like a bride" -- A writer who acts -- "When I love, I love for miles" -- "I am mentally ill. I can say that? -- The warrior in the war zone -- Working through anything -- A year from hell, a year of final kindness.
Summary: Sourced by friends, colleagues, and witnesses to all stages of Fisher's life, this work is an affectionate and even-handed portrayal of a woman whose unsurpassed honesty is a reminder of how things should be.
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Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library Biography Fisher, C. W448 Available 33111009397544
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Biography Fisher, C. W448 Available 33111009543543
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In her 2008 bestseller, Girls Like Us, Sheila Weller--with heart and a profound feel for the times--gave us a surprisingly intimate portrait of three icons: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon. Now she turns her focus to one of the most loved, brilliant, and iconoclastic women of the modern age: the actress, writer, daughter, and mother Carrie Fisher.She traces Fisher's life from her Hollywood royalty roots to her untimely and shattering death just days before Christmas 2016. Her mother was the seemingly idyllic Debbie Reynolds; her father, the famously ne'er-do-well Eddie Fisher (who runs off with Elizabeth Taylor). Weller exposes us to the demons that haunted Fisher all her life, particularly bipolar disorder and a drug addiction from which she could never quite free herself. We follow her career from her debut in Shampoo to the fame-making Star Wars; dive into her serious relationships with Paul Simon and the talent agent Bryan Lourd; witness her metamorphosis from actress to bestselling author; and watch her turn into a casual spokesperson for mental illness. Sourced by friends, colleagues, and witnesses to all stages of Fisher's life, Carrie Fisher is an affectionate and even-handed portrayal of a woman whose unsurpassed honesty is a reminder of how things should be. This is a big book about a small woman with a larger-than-life spirit and impact.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [359]-381) and index.

Sourced by friends, colleagues, and witnesses to all stages of Fisher's life, this work is an affectionate and even-handed portrayal of a woman whose unsurpassed honesty is a reminder of how things should be.

Introduction: famous just for being herself -- Hollywood baby -- A complicated childhood -- From broadway to Beatty to Britain -- Princess Leia becomes the toast of New York -- The fabulous life of the girl in the metal bikini -- "She burned like a bride" -- A writer who acts -- "When I love, I love for miles" -- "I am mentally ill. I can say that? -- The warrior in the war zone -- Working through anything -- A year from hell, a year of final kindness.

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