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And then there's madness. Fisher speaks frankly about the bipolar disorder that crippled her most of her adult life, and turning it into fodder for humor, while not diminishing its devastating effects. Some of the most riveting portions of Wishful Drinking focus on the great amounts of electroshock therapy she has undergone, and its debilitating effects on her memory. "It's not like One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest," she says reassuringly. "At least not that I would remember." Fisher also recounts in great detail the sordid affair that split her parents' marriage, when Eddie Fisher left Reynolds for Elizabeth Taylor. One of the show's funniest bits involves a giant pull-down "blackboard," on which Fisher has helpfully drawn a "family tree" of hookups and breakups that seem to touch nearly every famous person in Hollywood from the '50s on. She has a splendid insider story about Star Wars merchandising gone awry, and dishes about her marriages and pretty much everything else in her personal life. Through it all, Fisher reveals that her intellect (which has made her one of Hollywood's most in-demand script doctors) and sense of humor have not only survived all her trials--they have thrived. --A.T. Hurley
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Carrie Fisher, the daughter of Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher, became an icon when she starred as Princess Leia in the original Star Wars trilogy. Her star-studded career includes roles in numerous films such as The Blues Brothers and When Harry Met Sally. She is the author of five bestselling novels, Wishful Drinking, Surrender the Pink, Delusions of Grandma, The Best Awful, and Postcards from the Edge, which was made into a hit film starring Shirley MacLaine and Meryl Streep. Fisher's experience with addiction and mental illness--and her willingness to speak honestly about them--have made her a sought-after speaker and respected advocate.
