baronessekat | 2019 reading challenge: A book you meant to read in 2018

My Girls: A Lifetime with Carrie and Debbie by Todd Fisher

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

4.5 stars actually. I probably would have given it a full 5 but I felt a little like the title was not completely true. I was expecting more personal anecdotes and stories of what it was like growing up with Debbie Reynolds as a mom and Carrie Fisher as a sister.

Todd Fisher is the second child of Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher, younger brother to Carrie Fisher. This is his autobiography about growing up and being the child of Hollywood Royalty and how, while wanting to stay in the industry, he did not want to be in front of the camera.

There were a lot of places that I was deeply moved, either to near tears of laughter or tears of sorrow. One things pure and simple, I found myself feeling sorry for Debbie. She just had lousy tastes in men and was far too trusting. I was amazed at how many times she got screwed over by those she loved and trusted to the point of losing almost everything, multiple times.

And this book mostly focused on Todd's life and interactions with his mother. But given that he was the one who tended to be the one who helped set things right again, even down to becoming the CEO of one of Debbie's Las Vegas endeavors. But there were touching and poignant stories about Carrie.

All in all, I liked it, and found his reading of the book engaging and made me want to constantly return to it. Highly recommend.

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