She claims she first reached out in March 2017 and again several months later. Showing all 3 items Jump to: Summaries (3) Summaries. As Suzanne Vale, the actress daughter of Doris Mann (Shirley MacLaine), an overbearing show-business mother who's a Hollywood legend from an earlier era, she flashes her steely wit like a saber. The actress starred in the 1975 comedy “Shampoo” before becoming a bona fide movie star as Princess Leia in “Star Wars” in 1977. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Doris is hardly the best role model. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 19, 2018. Where to vote. A coroner’s statement cited sleep apnea and other factors as the cause of death, including drug use and atherosclerotic heart disease. The complete list of L.A. Times’ endorsements in the November 2020 election. It is all here. Not at all what I expected; funny and packed with one-liners but also thoughtful, unflinching and bittersweet. How to vote. Fisher's novel isn't strong on story; it's more a collection of comic fragments -- oddball dispatches from the movie wars -- than a real novel. I love Carrie Fisher, but I couldn't get through this book. Please try your request again later. MacLaine isn't bad in the film; for the most part, Nichols keeps her in check, but you do feel she wants much too badly for us to admire the old broad. Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2017. Substance-addicted Hollywood actress Suzanne Vale is on the skids. Fisher detailed some of her substance abuse struggles in “Postcards From the Edge,” a semiautobiographical novel published in 1987 about an actress fighting drug addiction. But while Nichols is servicing his star, he lets the other areas of the film go slack. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. Carrie Fisher is witty and funny. Sign up for the Los Angeles Times Book Club. Endorsements. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. More "postcards" from the edge: Carrie Fisher on addiction, script-doctoring, her favorite films and the saving grace of humor Monday May 21, 2012 at 12:01 AM May 21, 2012 at 7:53 PM “The only books about Carrie Fisher worth reading are the ones Carrie wrote herself. THE LIE: WHEN DNA REVEALS THE FAMILY SECRET, Big Business: And How I Learned To Love The Financial Crisis, The Graveyard Shift: A Horror Comedy (24/7 Demon Mart Book 1). It's funny, in fact, that Streep has played Nora Ephron (in "Heartburn"), because more than anything else, Fisher is an Ephron wannabe. 2020 has been a great year — for crime fiction. Soon after the beginning of the film, Suzanne is rushed to the hospital, nearly dead from a gargantuan narcotic cocktail.