{"product_id":"the-princess-diarist-9780399173592","title":"The Princess Diarist","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis last book from beloved Hollywood icon Carrie Fisher is the crown jewel of ideal Star Wars gifts. \u003ci\u003eThe Princess Diarist\u003c\/i\u003e is an intimate, hilarious, and revealing recollection of what happened behind the scenes on one of the most famous film sets of all time.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Carrie Fisher discovered the journals she kept during the filming of the first \u003ci\u003eStar Wars \u003c\/i\u003emovie, she was astonished to see what they had preserved--plaintive love poems, unbridled musings with youthful naivet , and a vulnerability that she barely recognized. Before her passing, her fame as an author, actress, and pop-culture icon was indisputable, but in 1977, Carrie Fisher was just a teenager with an all-consuming crush on her costar, Harrison Ford. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With these excerpts from her handwritten notebooks, \u003ci\u003eThe Princess Diarist\u003c\/i\u003e is Fisher's intimate and revealing recollection of what happened on one of the most famous film sets of all time--and what developed behind the scenes. Fisher also ponders the joys and insanity of celebrity, and the absurdity of a life spawned by Hollywood royalty, only to be surpassed by her own outer-space royalty. Laugh-out-loud hilarious and endlessly quotable, \u003ci\u003eThe Princess Diarist\u003c\/i\u003e brims with the candor and introspection of a diary while offering shrewd insight into one of Hollywood's most beloved stars.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarrie Fisher\u003c\/b\u003e was an author and actress best known for her role as Princess Leia in the \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e franchise. She appeared in countless other films, including \u003ci\u003eShampoo \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWhen Harry Met Sally\u003c\/i\u003e and wrote four bestselling novels: \u003ci\u003eSurrender the Pink\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDelusions of Grandma\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Best Awful, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePostcards from the Edge\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the memoirs \u003ci\u003eShockaholic \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Wishful Drinking.\u003c\/i\u003e She passed away in December 2016.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Rider Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50514129944850,"sku":"9780399173592","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_46d70d05-2d94-4f56-a717-ee3cb1c3af4b.jpg?v=1730973707","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-princess-diarist-9780399173592","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}