My Girls: A Lifetime with Carrie and Debbie

by Todd Fisher

A revelatory and touching tribute to the lives of Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds written by the person who knew them best, Todd Fisher’s poignant memoir is filled with moving stories of growing up among Hollywood royalty and illustrated with never-before-seen photos and memorabilia.

In December 2016, the world was shaken by the sudden deaths of Carrie Fisher and her mother Debbie Reynolds, two unspeakable losses that occurred in less than twenty-four hours. The stunned public turned for solace to Debbie’s only remaining child, Todd Fisher, who somehow retained his grace and composure under the glare of the media spotlight as he struggled with his own overwhelming grief.

The son of "America’s Sweethearts" Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher, Todd grew up amid the glamorous wealth and pretense of Hollywood. Thanks to his funny, loving, no-nonsense mother, Todd remained down to earth, his own man, but always close to his cherished mom, and to his sister through her meteoric rise to stardom and her struggle with demons that never diminished her humor, talent, or spirit.

Now, Todd shares his heart and his memories of Debbie and Carrie with deeply personal stories from his earliest years to those last unfathomable days. His book, part memoir, part homage, celebrates their legacies through a more intimate, poignant, and often hilarious portrait of these two remarkable women than has ever been revealed before.

With thirty-two pages of never-before-seen photos and memorabilia from his family’s private archives, Todd’s book is a love letter to a sister and a mother, and a gift to countless fans who are mourning the deaths of these two unforgettable stars.

Genres: Nonfiction, Memoir, Biography, Audiobook, Biography Memoir, Autobiography, Film

400 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 5, 2018

About the author

Todd Fisher is an American actor, director, cinematographer, and producer of television films and documentaries. Fisher is the son of singer Eddie Fisher and actress Debbie Reynolds and brother of Carrie Fisher. He has a professional background in architectural design and sound engineering. Fisher is also a business executive; the former CEO, president, CFO, and treasurer of the Debbie Reynolds Hotel & Casino. Todd Fisher is currently CEO of the high-end production company Hollywood Motion Picture Experience. He is married to actress-businessperson Catherine Hickland. The couple has a home in Las Vegas and a ranch in California

Librarians note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

Reviews

[Robin · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 stars

When I brought this home I expected a lightweight tribute to his mother, Debbie Reynolds, and sister, Carrie Fisher, perhaps told with a bit of condescension and would skim to pick out the "juicy" parts. Well, turned out it more candid and detailed than I expected about the family's life and a lovely homage to his family.

Debbie had a core of steel but it was Todd who kept this family together and resilient, even though he suffered through his own setbacks. The most interesting parts were the descriptions of his privileged childhood in the glamorous world of 1950s Hollywood and his various relationships (can you imagine a mother allowing her 16-year-old son to bring home an older woman from Europe as a “playmate”? I would lay odds there are many who didn’t know that side of Debbie Reynolds.). The details of their many financial setbacks were horrifying, which leads readers to wonder how on earth the scammers (including ex-spouses, managers, accountants) got away with what they did.

If I had any issues with the book, it was that the sections outlining building a museum for Reynolds' memorabilia got a little too detailed and was a bit painful to read as I knew it was never going to happen. But the inside info on both his mother's and Carrie's lives was fascinating and at times sad, and I left the book thinking they both deserved better lives.

I highly recommend this heartfelt and touching memoir to anyone who is familiar with the stars, and if you're like me, will be touched by the deaths of two beloved movie stars. This is also a good bet for those who don’t want a lot of crude content and profanity that has been appearing in many recent celebrity memoirs.

Also recommend for anyone who has read Debbie Reynolds’ Make 'Em Laugh: Short-Term Memories of Longtime Friends (or read it after this), and Carrie Fisher’s memoirs such as Shockaholic and Wishful Drinking. Readers of Reynolds’ memoirs may find some repetition but Todd has included information not included in her books.

[Phil · Rating 5 out of 5]

As the world's preeminent Leia-ologist, there is a dearth of literature regarding our princess, so I knew I had to read this book when I saw it announced a few months ago. It did not disappoint. Todd Fisher has a relaxed, easygoing style in his sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking stories about his sister and his mother. Unlike certain mainstream celebrities today, Todd and Carrie grew up privileged, but they most certainly did not grow up spoiled. Carrie faced her addictions and her mental illnesses with bravery and poise, and Todd was by her side as strong and hopeful as any brother could be. Their mother Debbie Reynolds was nothing if not hardworking, and Todd, loyal to a fault but the furthest imaginable from a "momma's boy," was there every step of the way, and it made for an incredible story. Todd deserves only the best life has to offer, and despite the difficult hand he has, at times, been dealt, he comes through with bravery, intelligence, kindness, and perseverance. This is a book I would recommend to anyone. I would love to shake your hand someday, Mr. Fisher.

[Marie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely riveting. I literally couldn't put this down. And very heartfelt too.

[Saturday's Child · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bravo Todd Fisher for sharing your story in such a loving and thoughtful manner, you sure have done “your girls” proud.

[Lata · Rating 4 out of 5]

Moving, surprising, Toff Fisher relates the intense, loving and difficult relationship Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher had for many years, probably exacerbated by Carrie Fisher’s mental illness and drug use. At the same time, we see the deep and loving relationship between Todd and Debbie, who I learned was an incredibly strong-willed and hardworking woman. Having read three of Carrie Fisher’s memoirs, I found this book, from Todd’s perspective, gave me a new and interesting view into these people. It was kind of incredible to hear so many details of Debbie Reynolds’ near-constant financial worries.
I began tearing up when Todd began relating the last time Carrie Fisher went into the hospital; and again when he described Debbie Reynolds’ unexpected death a day after Carrie Fisher. I wasn’t expecting to be so moved all over again remembering both women’s sudden deaths.
For a book I picked up tentatively, wondering whether it would be worth the time, I really enjoyed this.

[Carmen · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book should have been called something along the lines of I Remember Mama. Although advertised as a memoir about the author’s relationships with his famous mother and sister, Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher, the focus is on the former. Strangely enough, it felt like Carrie barely featured at all, and when she did, it recounted things most of her fans are familiar with (her bipolar disorder, her lifelong drug addiction, her role in the Star Wars franchise, etc.)

Now, I did not know much about Debbie Reynolds when I bought this book, and it was inspiring to learn about the hardworking woman and the loving (if flawed) mother she was. She had a rough life, but she persevered nonetheless.

I felt, however, that the author’s portrayal of Debbie bordered on the hagiographic, while Carrie was depicted in a less flattering light; Todd Fisher states early in the book that he would always choose his mother over anyone, and it shows. He doesn’t seem to judge Debbie for her terrible decisions, like signing every document her last two husbands handed her without even asking what they were, but he has less patience with Carrie.

One thing that really irked me was when he said Carrie did not have a yardstick when it came to keeping some things private, like revealing her affair with Harrison Ford in The Princess Diarist; but some chapters earlier, he’d written about receiving oral sex from one of his stepfather’s “manicurists”, which is unnecessary and distasteful in a book like this.

Overall, My Girls reads like a compilation of the nonfiction Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds wrote, but with none of their wit. Still, there are some interesting tidbits scattered throughout. The main strengths of this book are: 1) The devastating account of their deaths a day apart in December 2016. And 2) That in spite of everything, there’s no question about Todd Fisher’s love for Debbie and Carrie.

[Debbie · Rating 2 out of 5]

I've been binge reading books about Carrie Fisher. I've been trying to figure out why. I think maybe seeing the last Star Wars movie with Princess Leia's death has put me into a strange sort of mourning. I didn't know Carrie Fisher and couldn't know Leia Organa because she never existed. Somehow, my brain is having trouble processing their deaths thus my binge reading.

This was the least satisfying book of the group I read. The book is largely about Todd's life and not so much about his "girls". When it comes to the information about his mother and sister, I felt Todd actually took a lot of material from Carrie and Debbie's (yes, I've read Debbie's books too) autobiographies. Little of the material was new or personal.

I did enjoy his perspective of the amazing privilege he and Carrie grew up in. He and Carrie had lavish childhoods and a lot of opportunities. There are certainly some interesting stories in this book. In most of them he is cast in the most positive light to the determent of his sister and mother.

[Mediaman · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've read 5 books about this family and this is by far the best. As a matter of fact, it's the most story-filled Hollywood memoir of the thousand I've read. And I'm surprised--I almost passed it up, thinking Todd would have the least to say of all the Fisher/Reynolds books. Boy was I wrong! This book is jam-packed with inside stories about Hollywood. This is not a dull read--he jumps from story to story with a glee that is infectious and made me want to read the book even faster. By the end I decided I can't wait to read the book again, which I did five years after it first came out.

If you know anything about the family history it's all here--but it has been covered before by mom Debbie, sister Carrie, absent dad Eddie, and even stepsister Joely. It's hard to put into words what Todd adds that makes this so entertaining, but his perspective is different from the rest. He seems functional and level-headed, as well as bluntly honest. Mostly he doesn't seem to care about all the bad things he or his family members were famous for, never apologizing and adding minor details that make their stories more complete.

What is most shocking is the bombshell in the middle of the book that he is a born-again Christian, and that he started a church in California that was liberal evangelical, a precursor to what many evangelical churches are today where they intentionally don't hold to dogma. The problem with that is that anyone who claims to be a Christian can do whatever they want. So while he pledged his life to Christ (giving up his heavy drug usage though he never apologizes for all the drugs he took beyond fearing he might have helped Carrie get addicted), he had no problem continuing to sleep around with women from his own church! That included fellow Christ-follower Rene Russo (who he openly lived with) and his second "wife" of 20 years who he met at the church. Those two also freely slept together without a marriage commitment but despite Wikipedia claiming they were married despite his admission in the book that they "considered themselves married" even though they never got around to it!

So some of his post-conversion behavior is hard to defend and the same goes for those "Christian" women who were committed to him but cheated on him (the story of his second wife running off with another church member is the last straw but Todd carries on as if it's no big deal). I'm baffled that such an outspoken born-again Christian can brag about infidelities.

The fact that he was a follower of prosperity gospel Kenneth Copeland shows that he didn't have his head on straight but was the child of wealth. The book is filled with dumb financial decisions from mother and son, so they appear drawn to money-hungry scoundrels. Todd clearly states he was against any preachers begging for money, but Copeland has been among the worst in not only asking for donations but encouraging people to give out of their lack, which is abuse. Yet it offers insight into what Hollywood values from those that claim to be followers of Christ--sexual freedom, no accountability to sinfulness, and promises of health and wealth from flashy con men.

The book starts out choppy and uneven but eventually becomes pretty well written but in his excitement the author will often go off on a tangent and lose some of the storytelling chronology. It also gets to be a bit long, with way too much detail about Debbie's horrible husbands, their failed businesses, and her Hollywood memorabilia.

Todd namedrops throughout and you almost need a chart to figure out all the famous celebrities that were connected to this family. It's the first half, where he details his youthful I-don't-care attitude toward celebrities, that is the most detailed and refreshing, though a bit hyperactive. It provides plenty of details about the death of both stars since he was next to both of them when they passed away.

More memoirs need to have this level of packing pages with eye-opening stories and downright fun. And, yes, my jaw literally dropped a couple of times to read about the amazing twists in a family life story that has been told many times before but never in this much depth.

Leave it to Carrie's daughter Billie to continue the saga in 2023 when she refused to invite Todd Fisher or his stepsisters to their sister's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Obviously Billie isn't one of Todd's girls and that's too bad because it means the family dysfunction continues.

[Callum McLaughlin · Rating 4 out of 5]

'I happen to think that growing up in the shadow of Debbie Reynolds was a safe, beautiful, privileged place to be, and I thrived in it.'

This is a wonderfully touching and bittersweet tribute to two remarkable women, from the man who knew them best. It's written with love and warmth, in a relaxed, friends-gathered-round-the-table kind of way, but it never shies away from the darkness that visited them often in their stranger-than-fiction lives. As such, it's packed full of fun, charming anecdotes highlighting their unique relationship, as well as poignant insights into Carrie's struggles with bipolar, addiction, and a distant father; Debbie's various betrayals at the hands of money-hungry men, and ailing health in later years; and Todd's own encounters with heartache.

I'd venture to say that pretty much everyone who picks this up will do so because they're fans of Carrie and/or Debbie, and want to know more about them. Though they absolutely form the heart of the book, it's worth pointing out that this is in fact Todd's memoir. It's not Todd writing a biography of his mother and sister, but rather an account of his own life, branching off from and ultimately leading back to ‘his girls’, whilst also covering many of his own exploits along the way.

The book definitely shines best when he is writing about them directly, however. He does so with such a sense of love, honour, and even protectiveness, that it's hard not to feel moved.

I’ll leave the last word with Carrie herself though (I don’t think Todd would mind). Todd shared part of the beautiful message his sister wrote when his wife died, and I think it has proven oddly prescient for how we all feel about her and her mother now; a feeling which Todd captures with grace and fervour in My Girls:

‘Christi didn’t just visit this world – she filled it with her humor and her own particular spirit. And she hasn’t left this world yet, nor is she likely to. We have lost her in one way, but in knowing her we gained in so many others… I’ll love you, Christi, as long as I’m alive… and that love will keep you living in all of us for the duration of our particular forever.’

[Rachel · Rating 1 out of 5]

I wanted desperately to like this book, I really did. Other readers called it heartfelt and sincere and charming. I found it patronizing and condescending. Debbie Reynolds comes off as the ingénue with a spine of steel and a heart of gold, more Molly Brown than real woman. I was insulted by the way Todd Fisher detailed Carrie as a Little Girl Lost archetype. Surely there’s more to her than that? Moreover, does Todd Fisher really think this is how people view his brutally honest, fiercely witty sister?

Maybe my problem with this book actually revolves around the whole concept of the public sanctification which has to happen when a loved one dies. We center their legacies on the best and most positive aspects of their character and hope no one remembers the flaws which would otherwise crack their perfect facades. This is, of course, what happens at best when someone dies. At worst, you get books like Mommie Dearest, which vilify their subjects to the extent that precious little else is public “canonical” knowledge about that person. My Girls fails in that it spends every waking second trying to confirm “canonical” knowledge about both Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher - this one was America’s Sweetheart and the other America’s Damaged, Funny Princess. There is precious little that isn’t, well, precious about the presentation of these two women. I can’t say I expected Mommie Dearest, but given Carrie’s own memoirs, which do not spare anyone, the veneer of Sweet Serenity and Stern Softness over the women in Todd Fisher’s life is unsatisfying and wrong-headed. Furthermore, the curve the narrative does around his mother’s and sister’s lives (placing him in the context of but not always in direct scene with them) leaves the reader unsatisfied. If his intent was to write recollections of his sister and mother, he should have done that, not half-assed a memoir between vignettes.

Really, this book comes down to me wanting Todd Fisher to choose: recollections about his family (with all the gossip, ugliness, honesty, love, and joie de vivre therein), or a memoir about growing up in Hollywood with a famous mother and a famous, tempestuous sister (which would have focused more on him, his life, the people he knew, and how the quirks of his family’s fame impacted him). The lines between the two are very thin, I know. The best analogy/explanation I can give is that it’s like someone tried to put the Brady Bunch on reality tv. It doesn’t work because the Bradys, in the context of their world, feel real within its parameters, but once within the parameters of ours, feel like false paradigms. There is no way Todd Fisher can get what he wants: the lack of verisimilitude is confirmed by the artificial splendor of his tone, and it drives the reader away.

[Sassa · Rating 3 out of 5]

**3-1/2 stars**
This memoir by Todd Fisher tells all the ups and downs of living a “glamorous Hollywood” life as the son of movie stars Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher and the baby brother of Carrie Fisher. Touchingly and sincerely told, Todd reminds us that the bigger-than-life characters on screen are really just people like the rest of us dealing with similar milestone events and everyday problems. Though Todd has been a dedicated, protective family man, he wants his readers to know the real up-highs and the way down-lows journey his family traveled through the years. There is no cover-up of the dysfunction, scoundrels, mental illness or drug abuse. Todd lays it all out. There is a family motto repeated many times that encouraged them to continue: “There’s no such word as can’t in this family.” Debbie said at another point, “Nobody wants me down as much as I want me up! I ain’t down yet.”
The private photos Todd included add a personal insight into his family.
For me, the book was a trip down memory lane of the 1950s and 1960s Hollywood, movie-world infatuation. A Debbie Reynold’s movie on a Saturday afternoon in my rural town’s little theater was escapism of top caliber. As children we were interested in the star’s children, Carrie and Todd. All in all, after reading this book, I conclude Debbie was indeed a dedicated, successful artist but her crowning achievement may have been raising a faithful and loving son!

[Mary Sisney · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've read enough memoirs by Todd's extended family to teach a Reynolds-Fisher seminar. His is one of the best. Initially, I was turned off by the title. Since his so-called "girls" were older, more famous, and more powerful than he was, I thought he was being arrogant and possessive, like a typical white man. However, after reading the book, I realize the title was appropriate. Todd's older sister and mother may have been more famous and powerful, but he was the one who flew (or drove) to their rescue whenever they were in trouble. He took care of them. I also appreciated and empathized with his setting the record straight about how he felt when his mother and sister went to New York to perform in a Broadway play, leaving him behind in L.A. with his very flawed stepfather. Contrary to his mother's theory that he was angry, he was delighted because Harry Karl was kind to him and gave him lots of freedom. I felt the same way about my flawed, eccentric maternal grandmother. The only difference is that Todd was living in a mansion, and I was living in a rundown, shotgun four-room house with no hot water. More than his mother or his sister did, Todd revealed just how privileged his childhood was, and I appreciate that he appreciates that privilege.

[Gary · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful! If you are a fan of either Debbie, or Carrie, or both, this book is for you. Goes into Todd's views of why they lived the way they did and struggled, yet were strong with what life threw their way. Totally worth the time.

[Chrissie Whitley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Casually intimate, My Girls provided a wonderful perspective from the third person in their trio, the son and brother. The cover is fantastically chosen — the two women in his life, his girls, are front, center, and larger than life — and there he is, peeping out from the back ... and yet he was right where he wanted to be.

Even though some of it — the majority of the outline of his life — I'd already heard, from the perspective of Debbie Reynolds, in Unsinkable. But even so, hearing his take on things, hearing how differently he felt about his mom's second marriage falling apart — even the vantage point he had on observing how his mom's second and third husbands took advantage of her — all of it added a fresh new layer to the complete picture.

There were parts of the book, not many, where he couldn't help his privilege showing — the quick but complete set up of hospital-quality help in the house, where he named a "female" neurologist — as if her gender was remotely important to the short conversation excerpt that followed, and the cringe-worthy imitations of two women in his life early on who worked on his mom's household staff. But realistically, it's not much nor is it difficult to imagine. Where you could feel the much simpler upbringing shine through in Unsinkable, here you could feel the privilege leak out. It's part of who he was, where and how he was raised. But it did push in some distancing where he felt slightly less relatable. And that's even aside from having a complete prop town set up in his backyard.

Audiobook, as narrated by the author, Todd Fisher: Fisher's voice, just as intended, adds that level of authenticity and draws the listener into the conversation, intimate and often deeply personal. Fisher seemed like he struggled a bit at the beginning with sounding casual and conversational, but he hit his stride quick enough. Once he settled into a nice voice and rhythm, he reminded me so much of his mom — always forthright and incredibly friendly.

Side note: Using my Scribd subscription, I listened to the audiobook and read the ebook version at the same time, but just for the pictures included in the latter.

[TheYALibrarian · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rated 4 Stars

As a millenial I did not grow up in the time where Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynold's fame came to be. I did not know the actress behind Princess Leia nor was I aware that the magical grandmother in one of my favorite films growing up named Halloweentown was Debbie Reynolds. But not until I got older and more immersed in the knowledge of celebrities, did I actually pay more attention to Carrie Fisher. Carrie before her sudden death had started to be more vocal about her struggles with mental illness and using drugs as a crutch for said mental illness. Since I suffer (as well as thousands of others) from severe depression and anxiety I became more interested in Carrie. And getting to know Carrie goes hand in hand with getting to know more of her famous mother Debbie Reynolds. But before I really could know more details about their lives they both tragically died. But then came Todd Fisher's autobiography and I felt drawn to read it. For who would know these two fascinating powerhouses more than Todd who is brother to Carrie and son to Debbie.

At the beginning of this autobiography I was starting to get hesitant about proceeding because it seemed like several paragraphs of just Todd bragging about how many celebrities he got to know and become friends with over the years due to his mother's fame but after a while it seemed to get more into Debbie and Carrie with only a sprinkling of bragging in between the chapters when it was relevant. As I got farther and farther into the audio did I feel like I was watching these two women's lives unfold right before my eyes. Poor Debbie struggled through many relationships with men that were complete and utter cads. They either cheated on her, gambled away her money, or tried to legally take all her money from her, or a combination of the three. I couldn't help feel really sorry fore since it was clear Debbie shed a lot of blood, sweat, and tears and she got nothing but grief and financial struggles out of it. Not to mention her and Carrie's relationship was very rocky for many years. Speaking of Carrie did I feel awful for her own plights as well for getting addicted to drugs and never able to kick the habit up to her death which seemed to be caused by too much intake of drugs. Unfortunately a story that has been many and many times before. But through all the dark times did Debbie's perseverance, unconditional love, and the fact that she was a force to be reckoned with, really shone through. I wish I knew her better when she was alive and got to see her collection of memorabilia from several Hollywood films before it was all sold away in an auction. So being this immersed made it hard to get through the ending of the book when Todd talks about every single moment that lead up to Carrie and Debbie's death. There was a lot of tears shed and now a big desire to read Carrie and Debbie's own autobiographies for I just can't seem to get these two out of my head now.

Anyway I will conclude in saying why this was not five stars. And that is strongly my own feelings and opinions so if you rather not hear about that I suggest you end reading this review now. For ultimately I really almost stopped this audio due to Todd's ravings about Christianity and I had to knock off a star for it. It was not important to go on and on about his own epiphany about God and Jesus and whatever. It should have just been a brief antidote since Debbie was a devout Christian and nothing more. I just have a very personal big issue with Chrisitanity and more specifically Catholicism so I just groaned and rolled my eyes through a chapter or two on the subject but managed to carry on. But for many others that is not an issue but I would still strongly recommend this book if you have interest in Debbie and Carrie.

[Stephanie Griffin · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’m not crying! Really, those aren’t tears! You must be mistaken!
Ok, Todd Fisher’s writing is fair, but that last tale of the Tesla was crass.

[Amy Ingalls · Rating 3 out of 5]

I won this book in a Goodreads Giveaway.

This was an interesting, enjoyable read about growing up as one of Hollywood's golden families. Although it is titled My Girls, many of the events in Carrie's life were only briefly mentioned. This book was a love story from a son to his mother.

[Bridget · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not enough about his mother and sister. Too much focus on himself

[Fara · Rating 5 out of 5]

Memoir yang menarik. Hanya kenal nama Carrie Fisher pada awalnya, kini juga ibunya, Debbie Reynolds yang rupa-rupanya sangat popular pada zamannya. Buku ini ditulis oleh Todd, adik Carrie.

Melalui POV Todd, kita dapat lihat complexity minda dan tingkah laku CF. Selain bipolar, CF juga punya masalah ketagihan dadah (self-medicate). Menggunakan jenaka sebagai coping mechanism, CF menyembunyikan kisah sedih.

Dalam Wishful Drinking, kisah ditinggal bapa, perceraian, sakit mental, ketagihan semua disampaikan dalam nada sarkastik dan lucu. Dalam buku ini, baru kita lihat kesannya pada CF. Cerita Todd lebih teliti dan mendalam.

Kisah Debbie Reynolds juga menginspirasikan. Gigih bekerja sehingga lanjut usia. Selain berlakon dan menyanyi, beliau juga seorang ahli perniagaan. Ditipu tiga lelaki yang berkahwin dengannya kerana harta sehingga terpaksa berhutang lantaran duitnya dicuri lelaki-lelaki tak guna.

Cuma beza orang kaya, mereka tak takut untuk gagal sebab mereka banyak pilihan lain. Duit pun berkepuk. (Tiba-tiba teringat pada tulisan Zamir Mohyedin tentang sikap orang miskin yang tidak mahu mencuba.)

Kematian Carrie dan Debbie berselang sehari. Entah kenapa, sayu bila baca walaupun tak kenal.

Selamat tinggal General Leia Organa. MTFBWY.

[Patricia · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 1/2 stars. Written by a member of a very talented family. Their love for one another helped them weather and navigate many extraordinarily difficult circumstances and appalling betrayals. They lived a “glamorous” Hollywood lifestyle, but their lives were fraught with struggle and pain. In my opinion no one skate by easily, no matter how much money or success they appear to enjoy. So those who face poverty, racism, oppression of any kind have hardships that those of us who are privileged dare not dismiss.

[hailie · Rating 5 out of 5]

i have been on a carrie fisher kick lately so of course i had to read an account of her life from one of the people she held closest, her younger brother. a depiction of carrie’s rise to fame, her battle with mental struggles, and her addiction but also so much more — carrie as a sister, carrie as a daughter, carrie as a mother, carrie as a friend, carrie as an artist, carrie as a writer, and the list goes on.

if you have read carrie’s memoirs, you know she is so self critical of her work and life’s choices. this is such a wholesome take on her world from someone who deeply admired her. so BEWARE: the contrast between carrie’s stories versus todd’s will bring tears to your eyes.

[Lori · Rating 5 out of 5]

"My Girls: A lifetime with Carrie and Debbie" is a homage from Todd Fisher to his "Girls" sister Carrie Fisher, and mother, Debbie Reynolds. It was about a year and a half ago that Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds died 24 hours apart. This memoir from Todd Fisher gives a loving tribute to his family. He shares what his life was like growing up with his sister Carrie and living with his mother Debbie Reynolds. In spite of rough times growing up he says he had a happy childhood. He writes about his father abandoning the family when he was an infant. then his mother's second marriage to a man who eventually gambled his mother's money away. Having to start all over.
Todd talks of his own life while growing up with Carrie and his mother Debbie. he married three times. Helping his mother in Las Vegas when she was trying to start up a museum and hotel. he was there to help her when her third husband betrayed her and took her money. He writes of his sister Carrie and her bipolar illness. There is so much more to describe in this nicely written book about his family. I can see he was a devoted son and brother. A good memoir. would be good for those who may be a fan of Debbie Reynolds and/or Carrie Fisher.

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 stars. What a sweet and candid retelling of Todd Fisher’s life with his mom Debbie Reynolds and his sister Carrie Fisher. Some parts were tender, some parts were infuriating, some were sad. A lot of the stuff related to Carrie especially were sad. But I loved the book by the end and cried reading his perspective when they died.

[LiiLo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Listened to the audiobook. It’s a touching story of Todd’s life with his mother, Debbie Reynolds, and sister, Carrie Fisher. He pays touching tributes to them both and left me sobbing to hear his recollection of his last moments with them and his late wife. Good book overall!

[Cameron Rhoads · Rating 4 out of 5]

13.13 hours on Audible and narrated by Todd Fisher, which makes it neat to listen to. About half the book about Todd Fisher’s life, the other half about his mother Debbie Reynolds and his sister Carrie Fisher. Thoroughly enjoyed.

[Patti Alexander · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting book about the life of Debbie Reynolds & Carrie Fisher.

[kaylee temple · Rating 5 out of 5]

I picked this book up because I love Debbie Reynolds and I’ve read almost everything she and Carrie Fisher ever wrote (and it was $3 at BAM 🙃). I knew what I was getting into and maybe I am a little weird...I don’t deny that. And maybe it’s because my love for Debbie Reynolds runs very deep, but I don’t think I have ever cried so much while reading an autobiography. Todd Fisher, what a beautiful tribute to the girls you loved more than life.

[Judy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting what they had, had to deal with, and some very horrible people in their lives. How Debbie was able to stay so positive is a tribute to her and her family. I wish the story had a better time line to follow so you knew what was going on. Like how old we're the kids when different things happen.

[Alyssa · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was not a terrible book but it wasn’t great and I understand why Billie Lourd was so upset at her uncle for publishing this so close to their deaths.

[Faythe · Rating 5 out of 5]

This took me a long to get through because I knew the ending. It was heartbreaking to learn of all the struggles they had.