Shockaholic - Fisher, Carrie
Summary: Presents a memoir about the actress' relationship with her father, singer Eddie Fisher, her electroconvulsive therapy, and her past encounters with such recently-deceased celebrities as Michael Jackson, Elizabeth Taylor, and Senator Edward Kennedy.
Booklist Reviews
Carrie Fisher has written another book about herself. "Really? Again?" you might say. Or, as Fisher puts it, "Here's something about me, and here's another thing about me I don't think I told you." But her hope, as she says in the introduction, is that, upon completion, readers will say, "By the last page, I had forgotten she was an over–the–Beverly Hills mediocre actress." And, it's true, you do forget that, because, really, Fisher is a writer, an observer, and a keen one at that. Her way with words, even though she claims electroshock treatments have made her forget many of them, is raw and raucous. On the minus side, she only seems to want to observe her own life, and having done that before, she offers a book on the slim side, as though it, like her, has been to Jenny Craig. That said, she doubled-dated with Ted Kennedy, was fast friends with Michael Jackson, and reached a rapprochement with father Eddie Fisher when she realized all she had to do was play parent to his child. "Mentally ill" she may call herself, but she's never boring. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Fisher has hit best-seller lists throughout her writing career, beginning with Postcards from the Edge (1987). The success of her recent one-woman show on Broadway will spark additional interest in this autobiographical follow-up. Copyright 2011 Booklist Reviews.
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