Wishful Drinking
August 21, 2026 — Carrie Fisher
Table of Contents
Review
I listened to this very brief audiobook (about 3 hours) in 15-30 minute increments over a few days, while falling asleep. This is a short audiobook and performed very well by its author. Carrie Fisher was such a treasure. One of the early figures in my life in a lot of ways, via Leia. I have a framed portrait of Leia (artist Mike Mitchell, via Mondo) in my living room and think of her a bit as a patron saint. I had no idea for years that another figure of early childhood, Aggie Cromwell of Halloweentown, was her mother, Debbie Reynolds.
Fisher speaks a lot about her mother (and her family generally) throughout the book. Much of it is quite sad, but delivered and considered with a lot of wit and genuiness. A good line from the book:
“If my life wasn’t funny it would just be true, and that is unacceptable.”
I like that a lot. Folks who don’t know Fisher as one of Hollywood’s great script doctors have a lot of learning to do. She tinkered with so many great things: Hook, Sister Act, my beloved Intolerable Cruelty. She also had a little stint on 30 Rock. And how can one forget her as the therapist in Austin Powers?
Carrie truly was a great.