All of his support says in this book, 'It won't work James, no one has ever stopped being an addict without the twelve steps.' Well, James the miracle can! He can stop this just with the power of his mind. Frey explains to us over and over and over again how he is apparently the only person who has ever walked on the planet that can overcome addiction without the twelve steps. I just don't care because I don't know what's true and what isn't. At no point in this book do I congratulate Frey for overcoming his addictions. Now, that being said, the second thing that irked me was how Frey tried to make himself into a hero. If a crackhead breaks the number one rule of the rehab centre they aren't going to give him a second chance just because he is so incredible. If a crack head runs away from rehab, the guy that doesn't like him isn't going to come and help him on his mission. And no, it wasn't the fact that most of the book was clearly made up, but a number of other things.įirst off, there were far too many fancy 'only in the fiction world' events. However, even going in with this mind set I was SO irritated that this piece of crap had ever been sold as non-fiction. Going in knowing this, I had a fairly open mind thinking of it more as a 'based on a true story' kind of memoir (hey if I was writing about rehab I would probably change a few things too). I did go into this book after the whole scandel business went down, and I went in not caring if it wasn't quite as factual as some may thinkg. Frey's publisher stated that while it initially stood by him, after further questioning of the author, the house has 'sadly come to the realization that a number of facts have been altered and incidents embellished.' It will be adding a a publisher's note and author's note to all future editions of A Million Little Pieces. In an interview with the Smoking Gun, Frey admitted that he had 'embellished central details' in A Million Little Pieces and backtracked on claims he made in the book. They cited police records, court documents and interviews with law enforcement agents which belie a number of Frey's claims regarding criminal charges against him, jail terms and his fugitive status.

It is also the introduction of a bold and talented literary voice.īefore considering reading this book, please see the BookBrowse note on the book jacket/review page.īookBrowse Note: January 9th 2006: An article in the Smoking Gun claimed that James Frey (author of A Million Little Pieces and My Friend Leonard) fabricated key parts of his books. Intense, unpredictable, and instantly engaging, this is a story of drug and alcohol abuse and rehabilitation as it has never been told before.

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