{"product_id":"wishful-drinking-1","title":"Carrie Fisher: Wishful Drinking [2009] paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eWishful Drinking \u003c\/i\u003eis a touching and incisive account of bipolarity, addiction and motherhood.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'No motive is pure. No one is good or bad - but a hearty mix of both. And sometimes life actually gives to you by taking away.'\u003c\/b\u003e Carrie Fisher in\u003ci\u003e Wishful Drinking\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWishful Drinking\u003c\/i\u003e, Carrie Fisher told the true and intoxicating story of her life with inimitable wit. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Born to celebrity parents, she was picked to play a\u003cb\u003e princess\u003c\/b\u003e in a little movie called\u003cb\u003e Star Wars\u003c\/b\u003e when only 19 years old. \"But it isn't all sweetness and light sabres.\" Alas, aside from a demanding career and her role as a single mother (not to mention the hyperspace hairdo), Carrie also spends her free time \u003cb\u003ebattling addiction\u003c\/b\u003e and weathering the wild ride of \u003cb\u003emanic depression\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It's an incredible tale: from having \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Taylor \u003c\/b\u003eas a stepmother, to marrying (and divorcing) \u003cb\u003ePaul Simon\u003c\/b\u003e, and from having the father of her daughter leave her for a man, to ultimately waking up one morning and finding a friend dead beside her in bed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Carrie Fisher's star-studded career included roles in numerous films such as \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Blues Brothers \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen Harry Met Sally\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e. She was the author of four bestselling novels, \u003ci\u003eSurrender in the Pink\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDelusions of Grandma\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Best Awful \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ePostcards from the Edge\u003c\/i\u003e, which was made into a hit film starring Shirley MacLaine and Meryl Streep. Carrie's experience with \u003cb\u003eaddiction \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003emental illness\u003c\/b\u003e - and her \u003cb\u003ewillingness to talk honestly about them \u003c\/b\u003e- made her a sought-after speaker and respected advocate. She was truly one of the most magical people to walk among us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFurther praise for Carrie Fisher:-\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e[\u003ci\u003eShockaholic\u003c\/i\u003e] is the finest, funniest chronicler of the maddest celebrity mores.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fisher has a talent for lacerating insight that masquerades as carefree self-deprecation'\u003c\/b\u003e Los Angeles Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'She is one of the rare inhabitants of La-La Land who can actually write' \u003c\/b\u003eNew York Times","brand":"Fisher, Carrie","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46507453907283,"sku":"9781847397836","price":10.4,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":47539809354067,"sku":"XV81847397836","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/fisher-carrie-carrie-fisher-wishful-drinking-2009-paperback-1160827586.jpg?v=1746386967","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/wishful-drinking-1","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}