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Wishful Drinking

Carrie Fisher

  • 163 pages · about 3 hours
  • First published 2008
  • 8 editions
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1 About this book

Wishful Drinking is an autobiographical humor book by American actress and author Carrie Fisher, published by Simon & Schuster in 2008. Fisher's book was based on her one-woman stage show, which she developed with writer/director Joshua Ravetch.

The show debuted at The Geffen Playhouse. Fisher performed with Ravetch co-creating and directing. It enjoyed a successful Broadway run and then toured in other cities. In 2010, HBO filmed a feature-length documentary of the stage play.

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  • Biography
  • American wit and humor
  • Women, united states
  • Motion picture actors and actresses
  • Motion picture actors and actresses, united states
  • Actors

2 About Carrie Fisher

1956–2016

Carrie Frances Fisher (October 21, 1956 – December 27, 2016) was an American actress and writer. She starred as Princess Leia in the original Star Wars films (1977–1983) and reprised the role in The Force Awakens (2015), The Last Jedi (2017)—a posthumous release that was dedicated to her—and The Rise of Skywalker (2019), the latter using unreleased footage from The Force Awakens.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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