The Best Awful

De: Carrie Fisher

Narrado por: Carrie Fisher

Suzanne's not sure she has what it takes to be the best mother to her daughter, Honey. She can't seem to shake the blues from losing Honey's father to Nick, the man who got the man who got away. Or maybe those aren't the blues, just more symptoms of her sprawling multi-symptomatic bipolar illness: an illness Suzanne can't bring herself to take all that seriously, no matter what her doctors say. How serious can an illness be whose symptoms are spending sprees, substance abuse, and sexual promiscuity? And worst of all, under the watchful round eyes of the pills the doctors' plied her with, her friends are starting to find her a little...boring.

The obvious solution is to take a little walk on the wild side. But what starts out as a brief gambol through the scary/fun world of 21st-century dating becomes a vigorous jog-trot through the latest drug wonderland, and finally a wild gallop toward a psychotic breakdown and a stay in "the bin."

Based on a truant's story, The Best Awful is Carrie Fisher's most powerful and revealing novel: hilarious, moving, and fully informed by the wisdom of a true survivor.

©2004 Deliquese, Inc. (P)2004 Simon & Schuster, Inc. AUDIOWORKS is an imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio Division, Simon & Schuster, Inc.

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"Fisher's powerful and partly autobiographical tale of mental illness translates brilliantly into audio, thanks in large part to the author's skillful narration....Fisher's warm voice and smart, sardonic delivery will keep listeners riveted all the way through." (Publishers Weekly)
"Fisher's strengths lie in her witty dialogue and her lambasting of Hollywood at its most shallow...." (Booklist)

One of a Kind

Carrie Fisher was brilliant, fiercely honest, perceptive to the nth degree, hilarious and witty. The world lost a rare gem.

Carrie at her best

Carrie Fisher is and was a phenomenal writer. I've read most of her books. But this by far was her best. Semi autobiography about her dealing with being bipolar. Loved her sense of humor and her use of wordage. Trust me you will enjoy this book.

Loved it!

Amazing story of her life. Sad and funny. She is a wonderful writer. Told with humor and grace.

The humor and parallel to Care fishers

Enjoyed thoroughly would recommend two others
What a sad but wonderful life story that she gives us

Clever, insightful and devastating

This book did not have the best developed characters neither did it had the clearest narrative but it was really good: funny, poignant, self-deprecating. Carrie Fisher is iconic.
Her comedic voice was unparalleled. This fictionalized version of her mid-life relapse is funny, insightful, clever, and devastating. I learned so much about her struggles from this book…

Bipolar view

Carrie is an amazing writer! ! I enjoy her wry wit and humor while relaying very difficult life circumstances! !! I especially enjoy that she narrates this very personal story, and she does it so well! !

Painfully witty and wonderfully hopeful

This is the 2nd book by Carrie that I've listened to; the first being the "Princess Diarist" which I loved. At first I thought it was just a fictionalized story and was almost disappointed. That's when I realized it may have been "fictionalized" but it really wasn't. The names had been changed to protect the innocent, although thinly veiled. I appreciate the candor, the humor, the pain. I felt as though I was with her character every step of the way. It's not a particularily happy story, even though it had humorous, even funny moments where I laughed out loud. But it's real or could be real. That's what makes the story so compelling.

I loved it.

particularly harrowing if you're bi-polar...which I am. And yet romantic. great, read in her own voice.

Good book

If you could sum up The Best Awful in three words, what would they be?

Why didn't she just use their real names. It just her real family story

If you could take any character from The Best Awful out to dinner, who would it be and why?

Carrie, she's fabulous

What a wordsmith

Immeasurably sad that her unique voice and talent are forever silenced. Even more sad that she never really knew or gave herself credit for the gifts she had.

I love that she personally reads her books. Even more than her movie role, it is a way to keep a piece of her… The real her