Name: Shockaholic
Rating: 4.03448275862069 (29 reviews)
ISBN: 9780743264822

Carrie Fisher

Infused with her trademark incisive wit, Carrie Fisher's Untitled takes readers on a rollicking, behind the scenes tour of the Star Wars phenomenon.

Shockaholic

Caroline Lewicki

While "Shockaholic" was similar to Carrie Fisher's previous "Wishful Drinking", I still really enjoyed this book. Carrie Fisher is funny and smart, and her experience with Electro Convulsion Therapy is incredibly fascinating. Unlike "Wishful Drinking", Fisher writes a great deal about her father, Eddie Fisher, and the time she spent with him leading up to his death. These moments were very touching, while still adding some of her wit. I will definitely be picking up her other biographies.

Patrick Book

Iestyn Lloyd

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Rhiannon Jerrom

Bad news . . . for anyone who thought Carrie Fisher had finally stopped talking about herself. This time, the electro-convulsive shock therapy she's been undergoing is threatening to wipe out (what's left of) her memory. But get ready for a shock of your own. Not only doesn't she mind paying the second electric bill, she loves the high-voltage treatments. It's been a roller coaster of a few years for Carrie since her Tony- and Emmy-nominated, one-woman Broadway show and New York Times bestselling book Wishful Drinking. She not only lost her beloved father, but also her once-upon-a-very-brief-time stepmother, Elizabeth Taylor, as well as over forty pounds of unwanted flesh, all the while staying sober and sane-ish. And she wants to tell you, dear reader, all about it. She wants you to someday be able to remind her how Elizabeth Taylor settles a score, how she and Michael Jackson became friends, or how she ended up sparring with Ted Kennedy on a dinner date. And she especially wants to preserve her memories of Eddie Fisher. Shockaholic is laugh-out-loud funny, acerbic, and witty as hell. But it also reveals a new side of Carrie Fisher that may even bring a pleasant shock your way: it is contemplative, vulnerable, and ultimately, quite tender.

Shockaholic

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