Postcards from the Edge (Paperback)

from lydia1879

as my wife so eloquently said, "Carrie Fisher reads like butter", and she's right. Fisher's characters are detestable at time, relatable at others, hurtling through their lives at a breakneck pace, unsure of everything and everyone around them. Fisher manages to make the most astute observations....

from erikasolberg770

It's dated and heavy on a rarified lifestyle. but Fisher is deadly funny. I'm glad she turned to memoir and essay: she is not strong on narrative. I appreciate her honesty, humor, and insight especially into addiction and self-image.

from regularguy5mb

With her recent passing, I thought it was finally (well, past) time to read Carrie Fisher's books. So, I decided to start at the beginning with Postcards from the Edge, a novel about an actress who finds herself in rehab and recovering from a serious drug addiction. I was long aware of the movie ...

from DarthDeverell

Carrie Fisher's novel, Postcards from the Edge, adapts elements from her own life in telling the story of Suzanne Vale, an actress who's returning to life after a drug overdose. Fisher divides the novel into five sections, with the first section describing rehab from different perspectives throug...

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Brilliantly funny and revealing what drugs do to a person.