Product Description

When Eddie Fisher was four, he opened his mouth and a beautiful sound came out. By the time he was 21 he was one of the most popular entertainers in America. He tells of his marriage to Debbie Reynolds, his affair with Elizabeth Taylor, and the wild parties with Sinatra and the Rat Pack.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #721695 in Books
• Published on: 2000-10-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 456 pages

Customer Reviews

"There was a meth to my madness."
I was never an Eddie Fisher fan but I still enjoyed reading this autobiography. A lot. In it, Fisher comes across as the most egotistical man ever to write a book; according to him he had the best voice, was the biggest star, and greatest lover in history. His never-ending hubris gets to be quite comical, actually, as he never tires of singing his own praises.

He cheerfully admits to being the world's worst father ("I didn't see my kids for years at a time.") and blames all his troubles on his decades-long drug addiction. But his famous marriages and non-stop love affairs are what make this a real page-turner. He happily names names and sullies the reputations of practically every well-known (at the time) star in Hollywood, while simply saying he was as irresistible to women as they were to him. Married five times, he dishes the dirt on Elizabeth Taylor and Connie Stevens and is especially unkind to Debbie Reynolds.

The book is written in a happy-go-lucky, chatty style designed to show how vulnerable he was through most of his career, while laughing off the endless bad choices he made. I was surprised at how fascinated I became with his story and how much I enjoyed this tell-all book.