Friday Funnies: The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher

   

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons,

 

  
  The Princess Diarist is written by Carrie Fisher based on diaries that she had created while she was filming Star Wars Episode IV in the late 1970s. It is published by Blue Rider Press, a division of Penguin-Random House Books. 

  When reading a Carrie Fisher memoir there are a few things that you must do prior to beginning. A) choose a comfortable place to read, because you will be there for a while. B) have a drink handy, I chose coffee. C) always have the audiobook available to read along with. Carrie reading Carrie is a lot better than any voice your mind could come up with. Then get ready for a vivid journey through Hollywood and the mind of a brilliant woman.

  The Princess Diarist is filled with often funny stories from the filming of the original Star Wars back in 1976. She takes us on a journey from dropping out of high school to touring with her mother, Debbie Reynolds, to moving overseas and finally reading for Princess Leia. It is a journey that may parallel many a person's life: a young woman on her own who gets a dream job and falls in love with a ruggedly handsome man. There are drunken nights, star fights, and a romantic tryst with Harrison Ford. 

  As the book progresses, we are introduced to the actual pages from Fisher's diary. She shows us that even in her late teens, she was very well-read despite her exiting school. Her wit and the often heart-crushing narrative take the reader into the world that was hers during this amazing and overwhelming time in her life. And after the diary pages are presented, Fisher sits down and thanks her fans with stories of fan meetings. And in this, we see how much she loved and appreciated her fans.  

  I read The Princess Diarist with the narration of Carrie Fisher and her daughter, Billie Lourd. Lourd delivers an amazing reading of her mother's diary entries, giving broader insight into what Carrie was feeling when she wrote her journals. Carrie Fisher delivers another fantastic and no-nonsense narration, often diverging from the book to add a few new tidbits for her listeners. The pair give us a wonderful send-off for a beloved woman whose love for her fans surpasses any celebrity of our time.

  Carrie Fisher admits in The Princess Diarist to wanting to be that one person who induced so much joy into the lives of those she met, that it would be like fireworks (with handfuls of glitter). She succeeded in that aspect of her life. She brought billions of fans the fireworks they craved and left us all with fond memories and the strength to combat our own struggles.

  I give the Princess Diarist a glittery five out of five stars.   

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