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A razor-sharp, darkly hilarious plunge into the glittering, toxic deep end of Hollywood and the messy work of getting sober. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Postcards from the Edge.
- frenetic
- bittersweet
- glamorous yet gritty
- claustrophobic
- 01
Shockaholic
Carrie Fisher · 2007
A razor-sharp, darkly hilarious plunge into the fragmented memories of a Hollywood icon trying to outrun her own mind.
- 02
Wishful Drinking
Carrie Fisher · 2008
A razor-sharp, laugh-out-loud survival guide to Hollywood royalty, addiction, and the absurdity of being a human action figure.
- 03
Valley of the dolls
Jacqueline Susann · 1966
A glittering, pill-popping descent into the glamorous and ruthless underbelly of mid-century show business.
- 04
Little girl lost
Drew Barrymore
A harrowing, breathless plunge into the dark side of child stardom and the desperate fight to reclaim a stolen youth.
- 05
Less than Zero
Bret Easton Ellis · 1998
A sun-bleached, cocaine-dusted descent into the moral vacuum of 1980s Los Angeles.
- 06
A million little pieces
James Frey
A visceral, breathless descent into the hell of addiction and the agonizing, bloody crawl back to life.
- 07
Play It as It Lays
Joan Didion
A sun-bleached, razor-sharp descent into the hollow core of 1960s Hollywood and the fractured psyche of a woman with nothing left to lose.
- 08
Mommie Dearest
Christina Crawford · 1978
A harrowing, claustrophobic descent behind the velvet ropes of Old Hollywood glamour into a nightmare of maternal cruelty.
- 09
Tweak
Nic Sheff
A raw, unflinching descent into the chaos of addiction that grips you by the throat and refuses to let go until a final, fragile glimmer of hope.
- 10
Go Ask Alice
Anonymous · 1977
A breathless, terrifying free-fall into the darkest corners of teenage rebellion and addiction.
- 11
Cut
Patricia McCormick
A quiet, deeply internal exploration of pain and the fragile, halting steps toward finding the words to heal.
- 12
Prozac nation
Elizabeth Wurtzel · 1994
A torrential, unapologetic plunge into the messy, chaotic reality of coming of age under the crushing weight of clinical depression.
