Delusions of Grandma

By Carrie Fisher

Book Overview

Beloved and bestelling novelist Carrie Fisher's "autobiographical...funny, and touching, single woman's exploration of survival and motherhood in 1990s Hollywood" (Harper's Bazaar) is a dazzling romantic comedy full of "charm with a vengeance" (Entertainment Weekly).

Hollywood screenwriter Cora Sharpe has what one of the endless intimates she thinks of as her "Committee" calls "a big, loud life." Her confidant and writing partner, Bud, has been on a manic-depressive roller coaster. Her dear friend William, AIDS-ridden, has finally taken leave of his live. And in the vacuum that follows his departure, Cora's romance with quiet gentle Ray has flickered and expired.

Then Cora finds out she's pregnant, and even the Committee can't steer her through this one. Enter Cora's mother, Viv, with her "delusions of grandma" and a madcap scheme to kidnap Cora's grandpa from his nursing home. All she needs is a little help from Cora and Bud, who are only too happy to take their troubled act on the road...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 150113681X
• ISBN13: 9781501136818
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Gallery Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Laugh Out Loud Funny

Definitely read this with a friend in the room. (One who doesn't mind being interrupted while you read aloud from every other page.)This book is full of the type of wit that I wish I possessed. Not for people who like a very straight-foward plot. It is a bit overpowered by the prose, but with prose like this who cares? I reached the end and immediately wanted to either start over or invite Fisher to lunch.Fisher has scored another hit.

Carrie carries it off once again!

"Delusions of Grandma" is the kind of book you actually want to put down! Reason being, it is so beautifully written, such a wonderful read, you just don't want it to end! Savor every word of this precious gem and share it with your friends.

one of the funniest books I have ever read

This book has it all, writerly obsession, tragedy, and comedy by the bucketloads. The "Grandma's" scary costume ride is priceless.

bringing up baby

Another wonderfully funny book by Carrie Fisher. I think this one is definately the best of all her books. (much like the star wars movies are also best in backwards order) Screenwriter Cora Sharpe finds out that she is pregnant by her ex boyfriend and is ultimately alarmed by the news. Her mother tells her that it is highly likely that she will die in childbirth, So Cora begins writing letters to her unborn child who she dubs Esme, as an attempt to leave her child some memory of the mother she never had. The book is not only about the baby though, it also includes the story of how Cora's whirlwind relationship with Esme's father Ray rose and fell and how Cora came to care for her friend William who was dying of AIDS. But the most bizarre part of the book is when pregnant Cora and her wacky mother kidnap Cora's alzheimers striken Grandfather in an attemot to bring him back to his home town. All throughout the story interesting charachters are popping up like Cora's writing partner and partner in crime Bud