Postcards from the Edge

by Carrie Fisher

Book Overview

This bestselling Hollywood novel by the witty author of Wishful Drinking and Shockaholic that was made into a movie starring Meryl Streep and Shirley MacLaine.

When we first meet the extraordinary young actress Suzanne Vale, she's feeling like "something on the bottom of someone's shoe, and not even someone interesting." Suzanne is in the harrowing and hilarious throes of drug rehabilitation, trying to understand what happened...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1439194009
• ISBN13: 9781439194003
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Humorous, swinging, all you could wish for!!

Just a quick note to remark how much I loved this book! Carrie Fisher beautifully brings us the inside of Hollywood through a web of humor, drugs, relationships, 'Hollywood Party Terror', and much more.The plot centers on a 30-year-old actress named Susan Vale, and follows her challenges as she overcomes her drug addiction, gets back into the swing of things, and finally falls in love- although her 'unstable' being forbids her from admitting it.I absolutely adored 'Postcards'! A must-read!*long live Carrie Fisher*

Funny and emotionally charging.

Ever had issues with your mother, your looks, your career, your self-esteem, your depression? Ever just thought you hit rock bottom, but pulled yourself out of it? Carrie Fisher takes readers on an unbelievable ride where she writes her main character as a very somber, yet sarcastic hero in a world full of drug users and Hollywood actors. The two often become the same thing. The text is full of a number of very, very witty one liners, but reaches a great subtext about human bravery in a time when people give other people very little credit for just getting out of bed each day. This is Fisher's finest book so far.You will laugh. Trust me.

The first time I read this book, I could not put it down.

This book is one of the best books I have read. It is funny and sad, and although I share none of the experiences that the main character, Suzanne Vale, and the author, Carrie Fisher have, I somehow feel as if I am the author, and I am the character. Carrie Fisher's writing speaks to me like only a couple of other books ever have or ever will.

An interesting point of view

An interesting and original take on addiction and the Hollywood lifestyle. It's easy to get preachy with this type of subject matter, but Fisher manages to keep it funny, fresh and new. An astounding debut!

"Postcards" is a scathingly witty look at Hollywood life

Funnier than Fisher's "Surrender the Pink" (although perhaps not as deep), "Postcards From the Edge" is a hilarious take on the cruel shallowness of Hollywood (the drugs, the idiocy of some major players) and a smart observation of the problems of everyone (the difficulty in making real, lasting emotional attachments). Fisher's wit is incredibly fierce. Her commentary is not unlike that of Dorothy Parker. Although many readers might not identify with main character Suzanne's life as a recovering-addict actress, many will recognize her thoughts and feelings as their own. One word of warning: Those looking for the touching mother-daughter themes of the movie "Postcards From the Edge" will be very surprised, and possibly disappointed, as this book barely touches on that aspect.