Wishful Drinking

I recently finished a great little book!

In her memoir, Wishful Drinking, Carrie Fisher explores her extraordinary (and extradorinarily weird) upbrining. I felt a kinship with her as she writes about her unusal childhood, her mothers several marriages, her drug abuse, and her refusal to let it all get her down and out. This woman's story seem more like a work of fiction because if not described as a personal memoir you might think, "No way could all that happen to one person". I couldn't stop laughing as she describes her daughters birth; "nine months later our daughter was dragged from my body as though it was a burning building...this creature was rescued from the rubble of me." How incredible to find someone put to words the crappy experience of a c-section delivery. Now I know most people might think a c-section is so easy. It's planned, scheduled even, as if you were taking your car in to be serviced! But I for one hated the experience and if I had a choice, would never choose this method of delivery. This is only one, of many personal topics and anecdotes she shares. If you haven't read her work before, she is hilarious and sharp. I love her wry wit and sense of possibility, even with serious boughts of depression and addiction.Possibly the best line that sums up the book is expressed, "But ultimately I feel I am very sane about how crazy I am". I think that's going to be my own personal motto from here on out.