Carrie Fisher
A Life on the Edge
New York : Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 402 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
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.
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.
ISBN:
9780374282233
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Fisher, Carrie | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |
BIOGRAPHY Fisher, Carrie | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |
BIOGRAPHY Fisher, Carrie | Ballentine Indoors | Biography | In |
BIOGRAPHY Fisher, Carrie | Northeast Indoors | Biography | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.