04017cam a2200361 4500 287116072 TxAuBib 20170308120000.0 ||||||s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780399565588 0399565582 0c8ca494-8956-4d2e-ac64-d4418f4d9728 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2348455 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Fisher, Carrie. The Princess Diarist [Libby Audiobook]. Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, 2016. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 142MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 142MB. HTML:<b><i>The Princess Diarist</i> is Carrie Fisher's intimate, hilarious and revealing recollection of what happened behind the scenes on one of the most famous film sets of all time, the first <i>Star</i> <i>Wars</i> movie. *</b> <b>Named a PEOPLE Magazine Best Book of Fall 2016 *A New York Times Bestseller *</b><br /> <br /> <b>"Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds" premieres on HBO in January 2017.</b><br /> When Carrie Fisher recently discovered the journals she kept during the filming of the first <i>Star Wars</i> 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. Today, her fame as an author, actress, and pop-culture icon is indisputable, but in 1977, Carrie Fisher was just a teenager with an all-consuming crush on her costar, Harrison Ford.<br /> With these excerpts from her handwritten notebooks, <i>The Princess Diarist</i> 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, <i>The Princess Diarist</i> brims with the candor and introspection of a diary while offering shrewd insight into the type of stardom that few will ever experience. It's especially bittersweet to find oneself listening to Carrie Fisher's memoir after her death in December 2016. Reflecting on fame, aging, and being involved with the cultural phenomenon that is Star Wars, Fisher is wry, self-aware, and funny. She's a canny narrator of her own writing, which bristles with wordplay, jokes, and asides. Sounding appropriately young, Fisher's daughter, Billie Lourd, narrates Fisher's diary entries from when she was 19, which mostly concern her relationship with Harrison Ford. But some of the funniest parts come toward the end of the audiobook, when Fisher goes on extended riffs, imagining encounters with devoted Star Wars fans. Consider this a worthy jumping-off point for revisiting, or discovering for the first time, Fisher's many pop-culture contributions. J.M.D. � AudioFile 2017, Portland, Maine. AudioFile Magazine. Humor (Nonfiction.) Nonfiction. Self Help. Essays. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2017-03-07 23:00:03. Lourd, Billie. http://slc.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=0c8ca494-8956-4d2e-ac64-d4418f4d9728 https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/2348455-ThePrincessDiarist.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=0c8ca494-8956-4d2e-ac64-d4418f4d9728&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/2348455-ThePrincessDiarist.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=0c8ca494-8956-4d2e-ac64-d4418f4d9728&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)