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Postcards from the Edge
Moving back in with Mom after rehab: Carrie Fisher wrote the funniest, truest version 📮
Who it's for
Suzanne can't seem to get out from under her mother: Doris is charming, competitive, always performing and deeply entwined in her daughter's life, and Suzanne alternates between needing her approval and resenting it.
Smothered and resentful→Independent and at peace
Feelings it meets
What it is
Postcards from the Edge is a 1990 comedy-drama directed by Mike Nichols, with a screenplay by Carrie Fisher adapted from her semi-autobiographical novel. Suzanne Vale, an actress, overdoses and goes through rehab.
Where to find it
Available to rent or buy on major digital stores; streaming availability rotates, check JustWatch.
Before you start
Heads up: A drug overdose and rehab.
Age: R (language)
But let there be spaces in your togetherness, And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet, “On Marriage”
