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Author:

Weller, Sheila, author.

Title:

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

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Sarah Crichton Books/FarrarStraus and Giroux,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

402 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Subject:

Fisher, Carrie.
Actors--United States--Biography.
Biographies.

Notes:

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

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.

ISBN:

0374282234
9780374282233

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1082542167

LCCN:

2019021323

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