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A perfect road trip book. Fisher's frank and sometimes uncomfortable account of her childhood, her bipolar disorder and her life-long foray into drugs and alcohol is fascinating.
Fisher knows how to tell a story and once you start reading, you won't want to put it down. Her honesty is refreshing, especially for an autobiography. Once you're finished reading it, you'll feel like you've made a new friend. ...more
Fisher knows how to tell a story and once you start reading, you won't want to put it down. Her honesty is refreshing, especially for an autobiography. Once you're finished reading it, you'll feel like you've made a new friend. ...more
Liked this book -- a very quick read and entertaining and funny. Wished there was more but it was kinda fun to read a book so quickly! :D
Mar 02, 2020
Jeanine
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really liked it
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Shelves:
memoir-biography,
audiobook
Quick listen, funny and probably some drinking during the recording.
A quick, funny read.
This was funny, but I'd recommend watching the recorded version over reading the book version. Some of the stories (like Billie's crush on a boy she didn't know if she was related to) are very visual, and the delivery also makes them funnier.
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Jun 15, 2009
Jess
marked it as to-read
Jul 08, 2013
Jessica
rated it
it was amazing
Shelves:
memoir,
family,
mother-daughter,
biography,
beach-read,
neurodiverse,
reluctant-reader,
black-humor,
audiobook,
audio-choice
Dec 29, 2016
Melissa
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Jess
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Mandi
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Apryl
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Sep 08, 2019
Ruth
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