Wishful Drinking (fabulous title!) is a one-woman stage show that has been turned into a (very slim) memoir. We learn about Fisher’s first marriage to Paul Simon, her electroshock treatment, and why both her parents thought that Cary Grant would teach her about the dangers of drug addiction (one of the funniest parts of the book). What we don’t get is a lot of depth: it would have been great to have learned more about growing up as the daughter of a movie star, although we do get a few choice snippets, which are sweet and poignant. But Fisher makes clear that she has lost a lot of her memories as a result of the electroshock and she’s also not one to dwell on tough times. It won’t take long to read it, but read it you should.
