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The bestselling author of Postcards from the Edge comes clean (well, sort of) in her first-ever memoir, adapted from her one-woman Broadway hit show. Fisher reveals what it was really like to grow up a product of “Hollywood in-breeding,” come of age on the set of a little movie called Star...

Winner of the 2018 Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album. When Carrie Fisher recently discovered the journals she kept during the filming of the first Star Wars movie, she was astonished to see what they had preserved—plaintive love poems, unbridled musings with youthful naiveté, and a...

Different parenting styles. When your child comes out as gay. Launching a young adult with autism. Carrie and her husband Joe have been married for twenty-seven years. In her most revealing memoir yet, Carrie is candid about the challenges they have faced in these areas and more.

"Narrator Saskia Maarleveld's enthusiasm makes Weller's exhaustive research as engaging as fiction." — AudioFile Magazine A remarkably candid biography of the remarkably candid—and brilliant—Carrie Fisher In her 2008 bestseller, Girls Like Us, Sheila Weller—with heart and a profound...

Carrie Jade Does Not Exist is the story of how one woman, who took on over six different identities, infiltrated the lives of vulnerable people, and lied her way into gaining their trust. This series hosted by Sue Perkins and journalist Katherine Denkinson tells the story of how Carrie built up a picture-perfect persona and scammed her way into the literary world until she finally got tangled up in her very own web of lies. But, it doesn’t end there. Bonus episodes are released as new information from the current case emerges.Find us on other platforms here - https://audioalways.lnk.to/...

This memoir from the bestselling author of Postcards from the Edge and Wishful Drinking gives you an intimate, gossip-filled look at what it’s like to be the daughter of Hollywood royalty. Told with the same intimate style, brutal honesty, and uproarious wisdom that locked Wishful Drinking on...

A revelatory and touching tribute to the lives of Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds written by the person who knew them best, Todd Fisher’s poignant memoir is filled with moving stories of growing up among Hollywood royalty. In December 2016, the world was shaken by the sudden deaths of Carrie...

"Carrie, be brave!" These words have been tossed through my head like an inspirational, grounding force from the time I was a little girl. A sometimes gentle, sometimes forceful reminder I can do anything I put my mind too. Life is scary, for all of us. I do not no one individual who has not been through tough times. This podcast is a place where I share this reminder through my own experiences and the courageous experiences of others that we all have the opportunity to be heroes. Join me in the hard times, the happy times, the humorous times as I am reminded, "Carrie, be brave!"

2018 GRAMMY Winner for Best Spoken Word Album The Princess Diarist is Carrie Fisher’s intimate, hilarious and revealing recollection of what happened behind the scenes on one of the most famous film sets of all time, the first Star Wars movie. *PEOPLE Magazine Best Book of Fall 2016...

They were just a couple of tweets, but they propelled actress and Playboy playmate Carrie Stevens into the headlines, as stories swirled about sexual harassment in the movie industry and President Trump’s alleged affairs. Besieged by the media, Carrie was shocked and astounded at the frenzy these tweets aroused. It convinced her that she needed to write her memoir. Her attitude: If they think these stories are sensational, just wait until they hear about all of her life’s adventures.

Acclaimed author Sarah Gerard turns her keen observational eye and penetrating prose to the 2016 murder of her friend Carolyn Bush, examining the multi-faceted reasons for her death―personal and societal, avoidable and inevitable―as "nuanced and subtly intimate"; (NPR) as her lauded essay...

In her most revealing memoir yet, Carrie is candid about the challenges of marriage, motherhood, and keeping one’s identity in the midst of raising a family. She gives the listener a glimpse into life with a diagnosed child. She shares their experience with puberty, social media, high school, and steps toward independent living. Composed as a series of powerful letters, her writing is gritty yet tender. In prose that is nearly poetic, Carrie makes you feel as though you are old friends, sitting down for a cup of coffee and a heartfelt conversation.

Your Worshipfulness is the story of how a teenage Carrie Fisher created Star Wars's greatest character, Princess Leia. Leia began as little more than a damsel in distress, albeit one with cinema's most iconic hairstyle. Over three films, Carrie made her a complicated character, beloved the world over. Then Darth Vader died, the Ewoks danced, the credits rolled, and that was that. Carrie now had the rest of her life to live, stuck in Leia's shadow.

In this powerful edition, 18 high-achieving women from Scottsdale share their personal journeys to earning six figures and beyond while redefining success on their own terms. These are stories of resilience, reinvention, and rising above doubt to create thriving careers and businesses. Six-Figure Chicks is more than a book —it’s a movement. Each chapter is a blend of truth-telling and practical advice, offering real strategies to help you build your own six-figure path with purpose, clarity, and confidence.

I am Carrie Woodcock - mother, musician, writer, entrepreneur, P90X Live! instructor, personal trainer, life coach, and dreamer. Crossroads (the complete set) is a six-book series and my collection of journal entries and songs that I composed in an effort to work my way through the many curve balls life threw at me - divorce, suicide of a close family member, building a health and wellness business, parenting, heartbreak, and losing my father…just to name a few.

Behind the walls of prisons lie stories we rarely hear. In this award-nominated podcast, criminologist Kaigan Carrie talks to prison officers, governors, forensic psychiatrists, prison doctors, former prisoners, and criminal justice experts about the realities of life inside prison. Through their voices, the podcast explores what it's like to work and live in one of society’s most challenging environments. A few special series also examine the experiences of other frontline workers and wider criminal justice issues.

The New York Times bestselling memoir from legendary comedian Carol Burnett is a “loving, poignant” (People) tribute to her eldest daughter, Carrie Hamilton. The daughter of one of television’s most recognizable and beloved stars, Carol Burnett, Carrie Hamilton won the hearts of everyone...

YouTube sensation, Les Mis actress and author of All I Know Now, Carrie Hope Fletcher talks to Robin Morgan about her first ever fiction book, On the Other Side.

In this keeping-it-real memoir, certified leadership coach Carrie Fabris shares her journey through the ups, downs, and sloppy sideways of momming hard while finding the inner strength, courage, and determination to create the career she long craved. Through hiring coaches and advisors, attending seminars with fire walks and ice baths, and doing a whole lot of looking in the mirror, Carrie embarked on a quest to juice up her life from the inside out.

What I learned when the SEC Securities and Exchange Commission asked me to be their Whistleblower that everyone knows at least 1 someone who admits they are scammed by an Investment Advisor who calls themselves a "broker." There is no such thing as a "broker", DOCUMENTED. Can these crimes have been stopped? Absolutely, moreso would have sent the scammer to cops, courts & jails had they been told. But no one told. I tell you why, how, what I learned that I share to make things better for the you and me's and cops who want to hear about real crimes, in real time. Wall Street doesnt want these ...