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"Maybe I shouldn't have given the guy who pumped my stomach my phone number." With an opening zinger that sets the roller coaster racing, acclaimed actress Carrie Fisher takes on the new role of accomplished novelist -- and deliciously steals all the scenes! Drawing on her singular vision of real life in Lotus Land -- its dealmakers and drug-takers, its high-concept absurdities and low-budget passions -- she chronicles the poignant, painful, excruciatingly funny experiences of young star Suzanne Vale on her way down -- and up. From Suzanne's cinima verite world inside a drug rehab clinic, to the insanities and inantities of her re-entry to the Hollywood world outside, to her relationship with her eternally cheerful mother, Carrie Fisher's barbed wit, quirky imagination, and remarkable intelligenece create a stellar storytelling performance that will leave you cheering for more.
This book was a New York Times best seller and was made into a motion picture that starred Meryl Streep and Shirley MacLaine.
"Maybe I shouldn't have given the guy who pumped my stomach my phone number." With an opening zinger that sets the roller coaster racing, acclaimed actress Carrie Fisher takes on the new role of accomplished novelist -- and deliciously steals all the scenes! Drawing on her singular vision of real life in Lotus Land -- its dealmakers and drug-takers, its high-concept absurdities and low-budget passions -- she chronicles the poignant, painful, excruciatingly funny experiences of young star Suzanne Vale on her way down -- and up. From Suzanne's cinima verite world inside a drug rehab clinic, to the insanities and inantities of her re-entry to the Hollywood world outside, to her relationship with her eternally cheerful mother, Carrie Fisher's barbed wit, quirky imagination, and remarkable intelligenece create a stellar storytelling performance that will leave you cheering for more.
This book was a New York Times best seller and was made into a motion picture that starred Meryl Streep and Shirley MacLaine.
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