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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Not her best, but carrie is always fun to read. ( ) A totally unremarkable book by Carrie Fisher that was a disappointment considering the positive reviews Fisher received for her writing. Indeed, the title Delusions of Grandma is the best part of the book. The plot isn't much; mainly an opportunity to write about some famous (thinly disguised) friends, as a heavily pregnant writer pens letters to her unborn child. Alternating between hauntingly introspective and hilariously irreverent, Carrie Fisher's Delusions of Grandma is about life, death, and the movie business. Semi-autobiographical in nature, Fisher writes with an honesty that will move you in one chapter and make you laugh in the next. She fills her prose with wordplay that entertains and gives insight into her characters. The basic story focuses on Cora, a Hollywood script-doctor who, over the course of the story, falls in and out of love, helps a dying friend, discovers that she's pregnant by her ex, and helps her eccentric mother spring her grandfather from a nursing home. The vignette-style of the plot allows each of these events to have a beginning, middle, and end while the overall story moves along, adding a level of authenticity and a true-to-life quality to Fisher's writing. no reviews | add a review
Now that she's conquered rehab and romance, best-selling novelist Carrie Fisher has launched an expedition into the wilds of modern maternity, capturing its absurdity and ambivalence with her characteristic wit and honesty. Pregnant screenwriter Cora has taken to writing lengthy letters to her unborn child, and it's small wonder why. For that age-old script 'family values' is looking like it needs a complete rewrite ... No library descriptions found. |
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