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A Million Little Pieces

By James Frey

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| eBook | 9781848542358

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James Frey wakes up on a plane, with no memory of the preceding two weeks. His face is cut and his body is covered with bruises. He has no wallet and no idea of his destination. He has abused alcohol and every drug he can lay his hands on for a decade – and he is aged only twenty-three.

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James Frey wakes up on a plane, with no memory of the preceding two weeks. His face is cut and his body is covered with bruises. He has no wallet and no idea of his destination. He has abused alcohol and every drug he can lay his hands on for a decade – and he is aged only twenty-three.

What happens next is one of the most powerful and extreme stories ever told. His family takes him to a rehabilitation centre. And James Frey starts his perilous journey back to the world of the drug and alcohol-free living. His lack of self-pity is unflinching and searing.

A Million Little Pieces is a dazzling account of a life destroyed and a life reconstructed. It is also the introduction of a bold and talented literary voice.

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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 about the Paperback edition | 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 about the Paperback edition | 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 about the Paperback edition | 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 about the Paperback edition | 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 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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