Wishful Drinking
- ISBN-10
- 143915371X
- ISBN-13
- 9781439153710
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 176
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-09-08
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Author
- Carrie Fisher
Description
A memoir based on the author's one-woman show describes growing up with celebrity parents, her early success in "Star Wars," battle with addiction and mental illness, turbulent romances, role as a single mother, and struggle for recovery and healing.
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