'Suzanne Vale had a problem, and it was the one she least liked thinking about: she'd had a child with someone who forgot to tell her he was gay. He forgot to tell her, and she forgot to notice.'
Since 'Postcards From The Edge', Suzanne Vale has been on the straight and narrow. Or at least, her version of it. She's raising her daughter by herself, hosting a talk-show, being civil to her ex-husband and his . . . husband, and taking those little pills for what her doctor insists is her bi-polar: personality. She is just about managing to survive in the demented Hollywood fairyland.
But "just about" isn't enough. And the "straight and narrow" is a little straight, and a lot boring.
When Suzanne decides to become the best - the best partner, the best mother, the best company and daughter and celebrity - slowly (and then very quickly) her life begins to spin out of control. Soon her little walk on the wild side becomes an unbridled gallop towards a psychotic breakdown - and a stay in "the bin".
This is a wickedly funny tale of a woman struggling to stay sane in a crazy world: hilarious, moving and fully informed by the wisdom of a true survivor. With 'The Best Awful', Carrie Fisher reclaims her place as the wittiest, most perceptive reporter from the edge.
