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| Author | Carrie Fisher |
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| Audio read by | Carrie Fisher |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Humor Autobiography |
| Publisher | Blue Rider Press |
Publication date | November 22, 2016 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 272[1] |
| ISBN | 0-399-17359-5 |
| Preceded by | Shockaholic |
The Princess Diarist is a 2016 memoir written by Carrie Fisher, based on diaries she kept as a young woman around the time she starred in the 1977 film Star Wars. The book is the third memoir Fisher wrote, in addition to four novels and a one-woman Broadway show.[2] It is Fisher's final book, as she died on December 27, 2016, five weeks after its release.[3]
The book describes Fisher's affair with co-star Harrison Ford in detail.[1] At the time of the relationship, Ford was married with two children and in his early 30s.[4]
The Washington Post's Sibbie O'Sullivan described the book as cringe-worthy, but said, "this memoir is also educational, if you overlook its authorial excesses."[1] Anthony Breznican writing in Entertainment Weekly gave the book a rating of B−, saying, "There isn't a lot of insight into the character or the creation of a movie that means so much to so many, but there's tremendous insight into the volatile heart of a young woman, seen through the eyes of her wiser, older self still seeking her place in the universe."[5]
In early January 2017, shortly after Fisher's death, it topped The New York Times Non-Fiction Best Sellers.[6]
In 2017, the book was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Related Work[7] and won the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album.[8]
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