Title:
Carrie Fisher : a life on the edge / Sheila Weller.
ISBN:
9780374282233
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Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019.
Physical Description:
402 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
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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OCLC Number:
on1082542167
Availability:
Eagan - Wescott~1
