Postcards from the Edge

First lines

You know how I always seem to be struggling, even when the situation doesn't call for it?

About this book

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 to her life and how she managed to land in a “drug hospital.” Just as Fisher’s first film role—the precocious teenager in Shampoo—echoed her own Beverly Hills upbringing, her first book is set within the world she knows better than anyone else: Hollywood. This stunning literary debut chronicles Suzanne’s vivid, excruciatingly funny experiences inside the clinic and as she comes to terms with life in the outside world. Postcards from the Edge is more than a book about stardom and drugs. It is a revealing look at the dangers—and delights—of all our addictions, from money and success to sex and insecurity.

Themes & subjects

About the author

Carrie Fisher

21 October 1956 – 27 December 2016

Carrie Frances Fisher was an American actress, screenwriter, author, producer, and speaker. She was the daughter of singer Eddie Fisher and actress Debbie Reynolds. Fisher was known for playing Princess Leia in the Star Wars film series. Her other film roles included *Shampoo* (1975), *The Blues Brothers* (1980), *Hannah and Her Sisters* (1986), *The 'Burbs* (1989), and *When Harry Met Sally...* (1989). [Wikipedia][1] [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_Fisher