The Best Awful There Is, or sometimes titled The Best Awful, is a novel by actress and author Carrie Fisher that was published in 2004. Like most of Fisher's books, this novel is semi-autobiographical and fictionalizes events from her real life. It is said to be a sequel to Postcards from the Edge. It is also said to fictionalize the story of her relationship with the gay agent Bryan Lourd, father of her daughter, Billie Lourd. The Best Awful There Is was later published with the shorter title The Best Awful and is now largely known by this title. It is about a bipolar young actress, Suzanne... Vale, who married a studio executive, Leland Franklin, who helped her find her "far-flung best self." He then left her, for a man, when their daughter, Honey, was 3. Now, three years later, Vale is a successful TV talk show hostess with a 6 year old daughter, a gay ex-husband, and an aging starlet mother. It is her love for Honey that keeps her going. When Vale, a recovering drug addict, stops taking her medication, she is plunged into a manic episode.
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| Author: | Carrie Fisher |
| Genre: | Autobiographical novel, Fiction |
| Year published: | 2004 |
| Number of editions: | 4 |