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In this beautiful and poignant tribute to her overdue daughter, award-winning actress and New York Times best-selling writer Carol Burnett reveals a funny and moving memoir about mothering a fantastic young girl through the problems and triumphs of her life. Despite her occupied routine, Carol Burnett always made time for her three small children. But her oldest little princess, Carrie, faltered in adolescence, burning off the self-esteem that got fueled her popularity and success in school and hiding her pain in a downward spiral of habit. As Carrie became lost to drugs, Carol found herself with a little princess in grave threat and a relationship that was twisting under the pressure. Carrie eventually broke clear of her habit. Like her mother, she had an excellent sense of humor and became an effective actress, performer, and copy writer, even writing a play about Carol's child years. But tragedy struck again when Carrie was identified as having cancer. She died at the young age of 38, giving a legacy of kindness, creativity, and joy along with a short tale that mirrors her own quest, published for the first time in this reserve. In Carrie and Me, Carol Burnett stocks her personal diary entries and correspondence disclosing her anguish as a mother of a troubled teenager, the epiphanies that helped her help her family, and the grief and then your hope she thought after Carrie's fatality. Through Burnett's inimitable tone of voice, we get a portrait of an unforgettable young girl that will bring desire to anyone fighting raising or burning off a child.
