Carrie Fisher has been a director in her teens, an actor in her twenties (The STAR WARS trilogy, HANNAH AND HER SISTERS, etc), a screenwriter and novelist in her thirties (POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE, SURRENDER THE PINK).

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Carrie Fisher regales listeners with her thoughts on self-destruction, death, and delirium in this follow-up to Postcards from the Edge, that covers everything from her relationships with her father and stepfather to her electroshock therapy and reaction to the death of Michael Jackson. Poignant and amusing at times, these stories benefit from Fisher's narration, which-like her writing-communicates a willingness to not take herself entirely seriously and a recognition of the sober moments of life. Fisher's tone, emphasis, and delivery match her text. Listeners will be able to hear both the smile in her voice during amusing moments and her genuine grief when discussing harder times. A fine performance and entertaining audio that listeners will certainly enjoy. A Simon & Schuster hardcover. (Nov.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

In this follow-up to Wishful Drinking, Fisher writes about what it means to be thought of as self-absorbed, to have famous parents who parted notoriously, how it feels to have electroshock therapy, and making peace with the past that includes living with Eddie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds, and Elizabeth Taylor; being Princess Leia in the original Star Wars trilogy; waking up next to her dead, gay best friend; and enduring various other adventures that it's hard to believe could have happened to anyone else. Her reading is pitch-perfect: acerbic, revealing, vulnerable, and hilarious. VERDICT Fisher is seriously funny, and this memoir is recommended for all listeners interested in pop culture and celebrity autobiographies.-Pam Kingsbury, Univ. of North Alabama, Florence (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.