Wishful Drinking

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"Listened to the audiobook. It’s nice to hear from the main source and know what had been truly going on in a person’s life instead of hearing rumors or gossip.<br/>I’m glad Carrie was honest with herself, owning up to her mistakes and the life she lived, and trying to tell her story in a reflective manner. <br/>It’s sad she didn’t get the help she needed even though she did come “from a privileged life” and as she mentioned “Hollywood inbreeding” may have been the problem.<br/>I appreciated her sharing her stories and being able to laugh at some of the crazy stuff her mom would say, what her brother did, and her own mistakes and folly.<br/>It does go to show though if a child doesn’t get their needs met for so long, it eventually leads to them trying to find a way to unhealthily cope and get what they think they need. Like how she got into drugs and alcohol until they became addictions that didn’t help at all, not to add on to making her later diagnosed bipolar disorder become worse.<br/>I appreciated the small trivia I didn’t know about when she filmed for Star Wars that she didn’t really wear underwear (a lot of some type of tape to keep her boobs more or less into place) when wearing the white robe in the first movie, and that she really didn’t like the hairstyle for her character because she thought it only accentuated how round she saw her face as. <br/>And how she got pot from Harrison Ford, I didn’t know he got into that stuff, which made me laugh. It’s really nice to see that famous/well-known actors are really not that different than us, they shouldn’t be put into another category or put on a pedestal/idolized for their acting roles etc. They’re people like us who have flaws, make mistakes, and don’t have their life together 24/7."

"I did not realize how funny and down to earth Carrie was. I found myself laughing out loud so much."

"I would definitely recommend the audiobook read by Fisher"

"I really admire Carrie Fisher’s books but the audio book is a must! It is read by Carrie Fisher herself and you will laugh, cry and think about the many problems she had to face! "

"One of the best hot takes on bipolar, feminism, alcoholism and Star Wars! Why aren’t you reading this book?"

"Ok, for this...i highly recommend the audio book no matter what your preferences are coz its Carrie reading it and it does the heart good to hear Space Mom tell her stories directly. Its fab. ANY Carrie Fisher book should be LISTENED to."

"Carrie Fisher was thoroughly underrated as a writer. Through the scope of humor she recounts her life with honest abandon."

"Carrie Fisher’s voice comes through her written words. It feels like a friend telling you a story. "

"Hilarious and endearing. I read this shortly before she passed away which made it extra emotional."