 Cover to "The Best Awful" renamed edition | |
| Author | Carrie Fisher |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Autobiographical novel |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
Publication date | January 2004 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback and paperback) |
| Pages | 269 (hardback edition) & 288 (paperback edition) |
| ISBN | 0-684-80913-3 (hardback edition) & ISBN 0-7432-6930-6 (paperback edition) |
| OCLC | 51086674 |
| 813/.54 21 | |
| LC Class | PS3556.I8115 B4 2003 |
| Preceded by | Postcards from the Edge |
The Best Awful There Is (retitled The Best Awful as a paperback), is a 2004 novel by actress and author Carrie Fisher.[1] It is a sequel to her debut novel Postcards from the Edge.[2]
Like most of Fisher's books, this novel is semi-autobiographical and fictionalizes events from her real life.[3] The book features the protagonist character Suzanne Vale that first appeared in Postcards from the Edge.[4] The book fictionalizes the author's relationship with Bryan Lourd, the father of her daughter Billie Lourd.[5]
The Best Awful There Is was later published with the shorter title The Best Awful and is now largely known by this title.
- ^ Fisher, Carrie (January 5, 2005). The Best Awful: A Novel (Reprint ed.). Simon & Schuster. ISBN 9780743269308.
- ^ "Carrie Fisher's On 'Best Awful'". cbsnews.com. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
- ^ "The Best Awful by Carrie Fisher". The Independent. February 22, 2004. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
The Best Awful is more obviously autobiographical than Postcards and, perhaps as a result, not as laugh-out-loud funny.
- ^ Cooke, Rachel (February 8, 2004). "Observer review: The Best Awful by Carrie Fisher". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
- ^ Weinraub, Bernard (February 11, 2004). "For Hollywood Misery, An Alter Ego Helps". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
In her novel, and in the interview, Ms. Fisher says her relationship with her 11-year-old daughter, Billie (named Honey in the book), forced her to take control of her life. Ms. Fisher and her former husband, Bryan Lourd, a partner at the Creative Artists Agency, are jointly rearing the child, and the book is dedicated to them.