The princess's diary

The Princess Diaries is witty, provocative, honest, intelligent and outspoken. Just like its author, Carrie Fisher was only 19 years old when the diary was written. While sorting through her memories, the actress came across her own handwritten diary among piles of old newspapers and was confronted with her former teenage self, what it was like to experience the filming of Star Wars or her long one-night stand with her co-star Harrison Ford. The Princess Diaries also tells of these intimacies, but what makes it truly unique is the time travel: the older Carrie Fisher meets the 19-year-old. In the book, the memories of the sixty-year-old actress about the crew, filming, love, success and addictions are excitingly mixed and projected onto the texts of the handwritten diary. The latter portray a much more naive, vulnerable woman, but one who already has the seeds of the eccentric, funny, intelligent, and big-talking Carrie Fisher. Her latest volume is clear proof that we have lost not only a Hollywood superstar and an icon for generations, but also an excellent writer.