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A Million Little Pieces

By James Frey

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| Paperback | 9781400031085

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At the age of twenty-three, James Frey woke up on a plane to find his four front teeth had been knocked out. His nose was broken and there was a hole through his cheek. He had no idea where the plane was headed or what had happened over the preceding two weeks. He had been an alcoholic for ten yearsContinue

At the age of twenty-three, James Frey woke up on a plane to find his four front teeth had been knocked out. His nose was broken and there was a hole through his cheek. He had no idea where the plane was headed or what had happened over the preceding two weeks. He had been an alcoholic for ten years and a crack addict for three. When he checked into a treatment facility shortly thereafter, he was told he could either stop using or die before he reached twenty-four.
A Million Little Pieces is Frey's acclaimed account of his six weeks in rehab; fiercely honest and deeply affecting, it is one of the most graphic and immediate books ever to be written about addiction and recovery.

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  • A Million Little Pieces

    Words can hotwire the writer's eyes to the reader's brain. The better the language, the more powerful the connection. James Frey (pronounced 'fray', as in battle), strips it down to pure muscle in his rehab memoir of craving and recovery 'A Million L ... (read full critics)

    bookotron published on Tue, 14 Sep 2010

  • Oprah Rips James Frey A New One Share

    I've tried to avoid the popular blogging style of just listing a bunch of links to other sites, but I was researching responses to Oprah's shredding of James Frey and basically everyone has said everything there is to say. I'm sure there's a lot more ... (read full critics)

    blogcritics published on Sat, 28 Jan 2006

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  • 4 people find this helpful

    AWESOME book!!! I'd read it again in a heart beat. There were some slow parts, some depressing parts, but it's worth the read. I don't care what people think about James Frey, he is an awesome writer and I applaud him!!!

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    mndy said on Feb 13, 2007 | Add your feedback

  • 2 people find this helpful

    There are a million books out there about unknown people who have truly experienced dark and painful phases in life. This book delivers this and so much more. I finished it in about a week, it's just one of those book you can't put down, not because it's a masterpiece of literature but because there ... (continue)

    There are a million books out there about unknown people who have truly experienced dark and painful phases in life. This book delivers this and so much more. I finished it in about a week, it's just one of those book you can't put down, not because it's a masterpiece of literature but because there's a really strong human feel to it.

    I recommend this book as a great 'commuting book' - it makes any train/tube ride fly by.

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    Thais said on Nov 18, 2007 | Add your feedback

  • 1 person find this helpful

    I don't care if Frey bends the truth. The book is very well written and the emotion feels real.

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    Jgraham01900 said on Feb 11, 2011 | Add your feedback

  • It contains in my opinion one of the best description of bad neighborhood in a Downtown area. (page 349 and ff in my edition)

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    Seba said on Nov 5, 2010 | Add your feedback

  • I heard all about the controversy around this book. I don't care because this book is entertaining, fiction or not. Furthermore, even the fictionalized parts are non-fiction to some dude somewhere. Believe me. It's reality all over maybe not for Frey but for a lot of innercity ghosts.

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    jelabino said on May 30, 2010 | Add your feedback

  • Great Memory James

    Yeah great read but are we really expected to believe the authors recollection of events as vividly as he writes them? I would have thought after a stint in rehab there would be more black outs.

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    Jameswelbourn said on Aug 19, 2009 | Add your feedback

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