Synopses & Reviews
Suzanne Vale, the Hollywood actress, whose drug addiction and rehab rigors were so brilliantly dissected by Carrie Fisher in "Postcards From the Edge," is back. And this time she has a new problem: She's had a child with someone who forgot to tell her he was gay. He forgot to tell her and she forgot to notice.
Suzanne's not sure she has what it takes to be the best mother to her daughter, Honey. She can't seem to shake the blues from losing Honey's father to Nick -- the man who got the man who got away. Or maybe those aren't the blues, just more symptoms of her sprawling multi-symptomatic bipolar illness: an illness Suzanne can't bring herself to take all that seriously, no matter what her doctors say. How serious can an illness be whose symptoms are spending sprees, substance abuse, and sexual promiscuity? And worst of all, under the watchful round eyes of the pills the doctors' plied her with, her friends are starting to find her a little...boring.
The obvious solution is to take a little walk on the wild side. But what starts out as a brief gambol through the scary/fun world of twenty-first-century dating becomes a vigorous jog-trot through the latest drug wonderland -- and finally a wild gallop toward a psychotic breakdown and a stay in "the bin."
Based on a truant's story, "The Best Awful" is Carrie Fisher's most powerful and revealing novel: hilarious, moving, and fully informed by the wisdom of a true survivor.
Synopsis
In her new novel, the author of "Postcards from the Edge" paints the portrait of a woman who survives psychosis and a stay in "the bin" to tell about it all. Wry and poignant, this is Fisher at her most candid and revealing best. Abridged.
Synopsis
Born into privilege and Hollywood royalty, Carrie Fisher has been a movie star, a bestselling author, and one of the hottest script doctors in the movie industry. Just as extraordinary as her tumultuous real life (stormy relationships, drug addiction, emotional hell-rides) has been her ability to draw on her experiences in books that sing with dark humor and the wisdom born of survival. Postcards from the Edge turned a gimlet eye on drug addiction and rehab, Surrender the Pink offered a merciless examination of modern romance, and Delusions of Grandma explored the rocky terrain of motherhood.
Now Fisher takes readers into the humor occupied by Sylvia Plath and Susanna Kaysen. With characteristic flair she paints a portrait of a woman who survives psychosis and a stay in "the bin" to tell about it all. Wry, tender, and painfully entertaining, The Best Awful There Is is Carrie Fisher at her most candid and revealing best.
About the Author
Carrie Fisher is the author of the bestsellers, Postcards From the Edge, Surrender the Pink and Delusions of Grandma. She has a daughter Billie. They want to see the Aurora Borealis.