As it turns out, at one point, so does she!I really do love Fisher's writing style. Basically, I feel like I have a lot of the same issues she does, but never found myself taking narcotics to hide from them. After a stint in rehab, told through Suzanne's journal entries, she finds herself back in the world as "that actress," and we follow along as she tries to figure herself out.I related so much to Suzanne, even though I've never taken drugs.
In the book, the mother is barely even present.The book focuses more on Suzanne Vale and her efforts to recover from her drug addiction after being rushed to the hospital to get her stomach pumped. The movie, if memory serves, focuses more on the relationship between mother and daughter. Now that I've read the book, I expected something different based on what I thought I knew of the movie. So, I decided to start at the beginning with Postcards from the Edge, a novel about an actress who finds herself in rehab and recovering from a serious drug addiction.I was long aware of the movie of the same name, and that it was based on a book by Carrie Fisher, but until now I had yet to either see the movie or read the book. With her recent passing, I thought it was finally (well, past) time to read Carrie Fisher's books. ' A wickedly shrewd black-humor riff on the horrors of rehab and the hollows of Hollywood life' People A wonderfully funny, brash and biting novel’ Washington Post the smart successor to Joan Didion’s Play It as It Lays’ Los Angeles Times ‘A single woman’s answer to Nora Ephron’s Heartburn. ‘This novel, with its energy, bounce and generous delivery of a loud laugh on almost every page, stands as a declaration of war on two fronts: on normal and on unhappy’ STEPHEN FRY
Ambitious, good-looking in a Heathcliffish way and in the grip of a monumental addiction, he makes Suzanne realize that, however eccentric her life might seem, there’s always someone who’s even closer to the edge of reason.Ĭarrie Fisher’s bestselling debut novel is an uproarious commentary on Hollywood – the home of success, sex and insecurity – and has become a beloved cult classic. Immersed in the sometimes harrowing, often hilarious goings-on of the drug hospital and wondering how she’ll cope – and find work – back on the outside, she meets new patient Alex. Suzanne Vale, formerly acclaimed actress, is in rehab, feeling like ‘something on the bottom of someone’s shoe, and not even someone interesting’. This is just a response to the conditions we live in.’ ‘I don’t think you can even call this a drug.
** In a new edition introduced by Stephen Fry ** ** THE NEW YORK TIMES-BESTSELLING CULT CLASSIC NOVEL **
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