Surrender the Pink

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Surrender the Pink
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First edition cover
Author Carrie Fisher
Country United States
Language English
Genre Romance novel
Publisher Simon & Schuster
Publication date
August 1990
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
ISBN 0-671-66640-1 (hardback edition)
OCLC 21524190
813/.54 20
LC Class PS3556.I8115 S87 1990

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

Contents

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 exactly what she believed him to be and their marriage is over. Dinah then realizes that she still loves Rudy and wants him back.

Other media

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


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