The Best Awful: A Novel - Brossura

Fisher, Carrie

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ISBN 10: 0743269306 ISBN 13: 9780743269308

Casa editrice: Simon & Schuster, 2005

Riassunto

This sequel to the bestselling Postcards from the Edge contains Carrie’s Fisher’s trademark intelligence and wit that brought Postcards to the Hollywood movie screen.

When we left Suzanne Vale at the end of Carrie Fisher’s bestselling Postcards from the Edge, she had survived drug abuse, rehab, and Hollywood celebrity. The Best Awful takes Suzanne back to the edge with a new set of troubles—not the least of which is that her studio executive husband turned out to be gay and has left her for a man.

Lonely for a man herself, Suzanne decides that her medication is cramping her style, and she goes off her meds—with disastrous results. The “manic” side of the illness convinces her it would be a good idea to get a tattoo, cut off her hair, and head to Mexico with a burly ex-con and a stash of OxyContin. As she wakes up in Tijuana, the “depressive” side kicks in, leading Suzanne through a series of surreal psychotic episodes before landing her in a mental hospital. With the help of her movie star mom, a circle of friends, and even her ex-husband, she begins the long journey back to sanity.

The Best Awful is by turns highly comic and darkly tragic, a roller-coaster ride through the dizzying highs and crushing lows of manic depression, delivered with fast and furious wit.

Su questo libro

Recensione:

People No-holds-barred humor and snappy banter.

Vanity Fair Carrie Fisher [is] one of our most painfully hilarious correspondents from the edge of sanity.

L'autore:

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.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Simon & Schuster
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0743269306
• ISBN 13: 9780743269308
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 288