{"product_id":"9781847397836-retail-wishful-drinking","title":"Wishful Drinking","description":"' Wishful Drinking  is a touching and incisive account of bipolarity, addiction and motherhood.'  Independent  'No motive is pure. No one is good or bad - but a hearty mix of both. And sometimes life actually gives to you by taking away.'  Carrie Fisher in  Wishful Drinking In  Wishful Drinking , Carrie Fisher told the true and intoxicating story of her life with inimitable wit.   Born to celebrity parents, she was picked to play a princess in a little movie called Star Wars when only 19 years old. \"But it isn't all sweetness and light sabres.\" Alas, aside from a demanding career and her role as a single mother (not to mention the hyperspace hairdo), Carrie also spends her free time battling addiction and weathering the wild ride of manic depression.  It's an incredible tale: from having Elizabeth Taylor as a stepmother, to marrying (and divorcing) Paul Simon, and from having the father of her daughter leave her for a man, to ultimately waking up one morning and finding a friend dead beside her in bed.  Carrie Fisher's star-studded career included roles in numerous films such as  The Blues Brothers   and  When Harry Met Sally . She was the author of four bestselling novels,  Surrender in the Pink ,  Delusions of Grandma ,  The Best Awful  and  Postcards from the Edge , which was made into a hit film starring Shirley MacLaine and Meryl Streep. Carrie's experience with addiction and mental illness - and her willingness to talk honestly about them - made her a sought-after speaker and respected advocate. She was truly one of the most magical people to walk among us.","brand":"Book Grocer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48767006671067,"sku":"9781847397836-RETAIL","price":21.24,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/350f9b46-8c86-44f5-aecf-5df88ab9b213_88c63465-a1e8-4b2c-9ebb-f20888893190.jpg?v=1778614092","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9781847397836-retail-wishful-drinking","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}