The Princess Diarist
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| Author | Carrie Fisher |
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| Audio read by | Carrie Fisher |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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Humor Autobiography |
| Publisher | Blue Rider Press |
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Publication date
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November 22, 2016 |
| Pages | 272 |
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| Preceded by | Shockaholic |
The Princess Diarist is a 2016 memoir written by Carrie Fisher, based on diaries she kept as a young woman around the time she starred in the 1977 film Star Wars. The book is the third memoir Fisher wrote, in addition to four novels and a one-woman Broadway show. It is Fisher's final book, as she died five weeks after its release on December 27, 2016.
The book describes Fisher's affair with co-star Harrison Ford in "cringe-worthy", albeit educational, detail. At the time of the relationship, Ford was married with two children and in his early 30s.
The Washington Post's Sibbie O'Sullivan described the book as cringe-worthy, but said, "this memoir is also educational, if you overlook its authorial excesses." Anthony Breznican writing in Entertainment Weekly gave the book a rating of B−, saying, "There isn't a lot of insight into the character or the creation of a movie that means so much to so many, but there's tremendous insight into the volatile heart of a young woman, seen through the eyes of her wiser, older self still seeking her place in the universe."
It topped The New York Times Non-Fiction Best Sellers list shortly after Fisher's death in early January 2017.
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