Surrender the Pink

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| name = Surrender the Pink

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| image = CarrieFisher SurrenderThePink.jpg

| caption = First edition cover

| author = Carrie Fisher

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| country = United States

| language = English

| series =

| genre = Romance novel

| publisher = Simon & Schuster

| release_date = August 1990

| media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)

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| isbn = 0-671-66640-1

| isbn_note = (hardback edition)

| dewey= 813/.54 20

| congress= PS3556.I8115 S87 1990

| oclc= 21524190

| preceded_by = Postcards from the Edge
(1987)

| followed_by = Delusions of Grandma
(1994)

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Surrender the Pink is a romance novel by actress and author Carrie Fisher that was published in 1990.

This novel, like most of Fisher's books, is semi-autobiographical and fictionalizes events from her real life. It is said to be loosely based on her short marriage to musician Paul Simon.

Plot summary

Surrender the Pink is a story about screenwriter Dinah Kaufman. Although Dinah is successful at her job, she is a failure in her relationships with men. She then meets someone she believes to be the man of her dreams, Rudy Gendler.

Rudy is successful and sophisticated, and he asks her to marry him. She soon discovers, however, that he is not what she believed him to be and their marriage falls apart. Dinah then realizes that she still loves Rudy and wants him back.

Other media

In Mad About You, Season 1 Episode 9, which is entitled “Riding Backwards," Helen Hunt’s character Jamie Buckman reads this book on the train.

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20051003223723/http://www.carriefisher.com/home/literature_books.php Carrie's Books at CarrieFisher.com]

Category:1990 American novels

Category:American romance novels

Category:American autobiographical novels

Category:Novels by Carrie Fisher

Category:Simon & Schuster books