In WISHFUL DRINKING, Carrie Fisher tells the true & 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. " But it isn't all sweetness & light sabres. " Alas, aside from a demanding career & 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 & 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 & finding a friend dead beside her in bed. Read by Carrie Fisher