Xepherus Reads

  Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons,      I decided to learn more about Carrie Fisher and her world by reading her memoirs. The first book I was recommended was Wishful Drinking. I was told that it was a humorous and unapologetic journey through Carrie's life. This appealed to me because in the past celebrity biographies have always smoothed over the truth. This promised never to do that.    Wishful Drinking is based on Carrie's one-woman show about her life that debuted in 2006 and ran through 2010. It was later turned into an HBO special that most of us have either heard of or have seen. This book takes some of the best material from the stage production, peppers in some family photos, and delivers lovingly-sarcastic sentences that make this one-hundred-and-sixty-one-page book uproariously funny.    I usually fear that any biographical material, whether written by a third...