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Surrender the Pink

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Surrender the Pink
First edition cover
AuthorCarrie Fisher
LanguageEnglish
GenreRomance novel
PublisherSimon & Schuster
Publication date
August 1990
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
ISBN0-671-66640-1 (hardback edition)
OCLC21524190
813/.54 20
LC ClassPS3556.I8115 S87 1990

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

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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

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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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