The princess diarist
Fisher, Carrie
When Carrie Fisher recently discovered the journals she kept during the filming of the first Star Wars 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. With these excerpts from her handwritten notebooks
"The Princess Diarist" 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. And today
as she reprises her most iconic role for the latest Star Wars trilogy
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
"The Princess Diarist" brims with the candor and introspection of a diary while offering shrewd insight into the type of stardom that few will ever experience.
Target Readership: