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The Best Awful

The Best Awful
The Best Awful
A Novel  
By Carrie Fisher
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In the sequel to the bestselling POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE, Suzanne Vale is back - juggling ex-husband, ex-stardom, ex-addiction, current motherhood and approaching breakdown. She's just about getting by.

But 'just about' isn't enough. When Suzanne decides to become the best - the best partner, the best mother, the best company and daughter and celebrity - slowly (and then very quickly) her life gets out of control.

Carrie Fisher is a Hollywood legend - the daughter of stars, she became one herself. She is the bestselling author of three novels and a sought-after screenwriter. She and her daughter Billie live in Los Angeles.

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"Carrie Fisher tells it like it is. Her voice is hilarious and original. The Best Awful's account of a Hollywood mental breakdown is funny, perceptive, engaging, touching - without ever veering into sentimentality - and honest (though of course it's all entirely fictional)."

HELEN FIELDING, author of Bridget Jones

"There are so many reasons for adoring Fisher - the camp private life, the irrepressible spirit, those bagels!"

The Observer 8/2/04

"I'd been looking for a beautifully written, hilarious romp about mental illness for ages, and finally Carrie Fisher has come up trumps!"

GRAHAM NORTON

"The Best Awful [is] Ms. Fisher's most amusingly snarky book since Postcards From the Edge ... tartly funny, inviting readers to tag along on a wild manic ride ... fierce comic flair."

NEW YORK TIMES

'Fisher's best book since Postcards From the Edge... her fondness for criminal wordplay is allowed to run rampant, the better to signal the recklessness of its heroine. Thus... "I must continue to make ends meet, since I can't seem to make them poultry"'

The Scotsman 7/2/04

"...by turns hilarious and tragic, a riotous, wise-cracking journey from breakdown to recovery"

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Evansville Courier, December 19, 2009
...with virtually anything because of their stature on the field. It rings truer now than ever. • "The Best Awful" — Carrie Fisher. Wickedly funny. Fisher is an even better author than actress. The only thing that bothered me is her descent ...
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