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My Girls Audiobook Summary

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.

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.

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.

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My Girls Audiobook Narrator

Todd Fisher is the narrator of My Girls audiobook that was written by Todd Fisher

Todd Fisher is a director, cinematographer, and producer of television, films, and documentaries. He lives in Las Vegas, Nevada, with his wife, Catherine Hickland.

About the Author(s) of My Girls

Todd Fisher is the author of My Girls

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My Girls Full Details

Narrator Todd Fisher
Length 13 hours 13 minutes
Author Todd Fisher
Category
Publisher HarperAudio
Release date June 05, 2018
ISBN 9780062849335

Subjects

The publisher of the My Girls is HarperAudio. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Biography & Autobiography, Entertainment & Performing Arts

Additional info

The publisher of the My Girls is HarperAudio. The imprint is HarperAudio. It is supplied by HarperAudio. The ISBN-13 is 9780062849335.

Global Availability

This book is only available in the United States.

Goodreads Reviews

Phil

June 19, 2018

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.

Mediaman

July 02, 2018

I've read 5 books about this family and this is by far the best. 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 catchy and made me want to read the book even faster. By the end I decided I can't wait to read the book again some day!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.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) he had no problem continuing to sleep around with women from his own church! That included his second "wife" of 20 years who he met at the church, but despite Wikipedia claiming they were married (unable to locate a wedding date!) he admits in the book that they considered themselves married even though they never got around to it! Some of his post-conversion behavior is hard to defend (the same for the Christian women who cheated on him), and 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. Yet it offers insight into what Hollywood values from those that claim to be followers of Christ--sexual purity and living a simple lifestyle aren't among them.The book is pretty well written but in his excitement he'll 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. But the book is a great read. He provides plenty of details about the death of both stars and he was next to both of them when they passed away. It's the first half, where he details his youthful I-don't-care attitude toward celebrities, that is the most detailed and refreshing. 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 this well.

Callum

June 28, 2018

'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.’

Mary

November 16, 2018

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.

Chrissie

April 18, 2021

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

July 21, 2019

** spoiler alert ** Rated 4 StarsAs 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.

kaylee

April 06, 2020

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

January 06, 2021

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.

Angela

June 13, 2018

I love Carrie Fisher so much that it's hard to review this book objectively, but after reading the last 2 chapters first (and crying like a baby), I found the book utterly engrossing and heart warming in how their family always stood together despite widely published issues. (And I especially love the reveal of who's who among some of the characters in "Postcards From The Edge!")

Dollie

February 06, 2022

This was a very loving memoir from the son of Debbie Reynolds and the brother of Carrie Fisher. It’s a beautiful tribute to his mother and sister, with whom he was very close. The three of them were very tight-knit and it shows through in all the photographs. It was well-written and very uplifting, very sweet. Although Ms. Reynolds didn't pick the best men to marry, the book made it sound like she was a great mother. I would love it if my own son felt the same way about me as a mother (I’m sure he does. LOL). I recognized many of the celebrity names from my childhood (Elizabeth Taylor, Miguel Ferrer and Buddy Ebsen. Who could ever forget Uncle Jed?), when television and movies were much more innocent. It was a different time. I’m glad I read this book. It was good. I liked it.

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