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Author Fisher, Joely, 1967- author.

Title Growing up Fisher : musings, memories, and misadventures / Joely Fisher

Edition First Edition
Publication Info. New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017]
©2017
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Description 308 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), music, photographs ; 24 cm
Summary Actress, director, entertainer Joely Fisher invites readers backstage, into the intimate world of her career and family with this hilarious, irreverent, down-to-earth memoir filled with incredible, candid stories about her life, her famous parents, and how the loss of her unlikely hero, sister Carrie Fisher, ignited the writer in her. Growing up in an iconic Hollywood Dynasty, Joely Fisher knew a show business career was her destiny. The product of world-famous crooner Eddie Fisher and 60s sex kitten Connie Stevens, she struggled with her own identity and place in the world on the way to a decades-long career as an acclaimed actress, singer, and director. Now, Joely shares her unconventional coming of age and stories of the family members and co-stars dearest to her heart, while stripping bare her own misadventures. In Growing Up Fisher, she recalls the beautifully bizarre twist of fate by which she spent a good part of her childhood next door to Debbie Reynolds. She speaks frankly about the realities of Hollywoodthe fame and fortune, the constant scrutiny. Throughout, she celebrates the anomaly of a two-decade marriage in the entertainment industry, and the joys and challenges of parenting five children, while dishing on what it takes to survive and thrive in the unrelenting glow of celebrity. She speaks frankly about how the loss of her sister Carrie Fisher became a source of artistic inspiration. Fishers memoir, with never-before-seen photos, will break and warm your heart.
Subject Fisher, Joely, 1967-
Actors -- United States -- Biography.
Genre Autobiographies.
Added Title Musings, memories, and misadventures
ISBN 9780062695536
0062695533
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