The Princess Diarist
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Carrie Fisher
This last book from beloved Hollywood icon Carrie Fisher is the crown jewel of ideal Star Wars gifts. The Princess Diarist is an intimate, hilarious, and revealing recollection of what happened behind the scenes on one of the most famous film sets of all time.When Carrie Fisher discovered the journals she kept during the filming of the first Star Wars movie, she was astonished to see what they had preserved—plaintive love poems, unbridled musings with youthful naiveté, and a vulnerability that she barely recognized. Before her passing, her fame as an author, actress, and pop-culture icon was indisputable, but in 1977, Carrie Fisher was just a teenager with an all-consuming crush on her costar, Harrison Ford. With these excerpts from her handwritten notebooks, The Princess Diarist is Fisher’s intimate and revealing recollection of what happened on one of the most famous film sets of all time—and what developed behind the scenes. Fisher also ponders the joys and insanity of celebrity, and the absurdity of a life spawned by Hollywood royalty, only to be surpassed by her own outer-space royalty. Laugh-out-loud hilarious and endlessly quotable, The Princess Diarist brims with the candor and introspection of a diary while offering shrewd insight into one of Hollywood's most beloved stars.
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Author
Carrie Fisher
Pages
272
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
2016-11-22
ISBN
0698188365 9780698188365
Ratings
Google: 4
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Sher Free✌️
"Was hard to rate. It started out ok but then just rambled on about nothing really. Skimmed most of it after approx halfway through. Was hoping for better. "
Tadie Bill
"I read this as part of a challenge. I probably wouldn’t have read otherwise but enjoyed hearing about her younger years and beginning of Star Wars- including her affair with Harrison Ford- which I didn’t know about! "
Melanie Schmitz
"I was a bit disappointed; much less witty than her previous memoirs. However, the poignancy of her crush on Harrison Ford, (which seems to have lasted all her life) was bittersweet to read."
Lesley Williams
"I'm not into "celebrity books" but this book made my howl with laughter, it also gutted me at parts. This woman laid her whole heart out of these pages."
Sarah Anthony
"A great read but it is kind of like looking back at my own first last ditch effort and something about it is unsettling, like catching your reflection unexpectedly in your peripheral. I’m excited to read more of Carrie Fisher, she is unapologetically neurotic, and examines every step closely. <br/>"
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Abigail Spradlin
"Because we all write bad poetry at 19 and fall in love with the wrong people. Ford seems like a total clod.<br/><br/>Not a great read, but it was nice to hear Carrie's voice on the page, again."
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"Love the audio book! "
Jenna Hatfield
"Most of the book (the best bits for Star Wars fans) is unedited diary entries written while A New Hope filmed in London. She bookends the diaries with her reflections in 2016.<br/><br/>She revealed she had an affair with Harrison Ford while filming. We get no trashy, sordid details - but we do get a sharp portrait of her inner life and emotional state. She laments his emotional unavailability and is ashamed of having an affair with this married, 35-year-old father of 2. Her beginner's account of working on this cultural phenomenon is interesting as she's as uncertain as any 19-year-old usually is. <br/><br/>The end made me wistful and a little teary. Sometimes it's like she knew she was at the tail-end of her life. She gets existential at times and mentions death here and there throughout - the odd knowledge how after she dies Leia will continue to exist without her.<br/><br/>She ends the book by asking, "Who would I be if I weren't Princess Leia?" For better or worse, she's been just as much Carrie as she's been Leia since she was 19 years old. She went through a lot of emotions around this over the years, ultimately coming to embrace this unique identity."
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