Postcards from the Edge, by Carrie Fisher, is one of my favorite novels. I first read it when it was published in 1987. I laugh out loud frequently when reading this book. (It is not easy to make me laugh out loud. I can relate more fully to the drug use now than I could when it was published though. Some of the passages could be describe me. The main character's therapist tells her, You're just excited because now you have another truth to entertain people with, part of your little honesty show, which exists to make people think you're not trying to stay as far away from them as you actually are." That's me sometimes. This novel is insightful and funny. There are not many books that are as successful at being both. All of Carrie Fisher's books that I have read are the same. I want to read the rest of her books and reread the ones that I have read. I was very saddened by her death, but I am glad that we have her books to read.
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