Actress and author Carrie Fisher's book Wishful Drinking is an adaptation of her one-woman stage show of the same name, which chronicles her early life and success in Hollywood.New York Post: Princess Carrie Settles the Score (October 20, 2008) Barnes & Noble: Wishful Drinking
Carrie Fisher Quote
"He told me later that I had turned him gay . . . by taking codeine again. And I said, 'You know, I never read that warning on the label.' I thought it said 'heavy machinery,' not homosexuality - turns out I could have been driving those tractors all along!"--On former husband Bryan Lourd, in Wishful DrinkingNew York Post: Princess Carrie Settles the Score (October 20, 2008)
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Fast Facts
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Release date
December 2, 2008
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
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ISBN 1439102252
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Fisher starred in a one-woman show entitled Wishful Drinking; show was still touring in the U.S. in October 2008
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Fisher takes on such topics as her famous parents, Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, and her own marriages to agent Bryan Lourd and musician Paul SimonBarnes & Noble: Wishful Drinking
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She also discusses her struggles with alcoholism and mental illnessBarnes & Noble: Wishful Drinking
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Fisher also writes about her experience of working on Star Wars at the age of 19Barnes & Noble: Wishful Drinking
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Fisher's first novel, Postcards From the Edge, was released in 1987
