a million little fabrications

[wikkidraven]

i heard about this 'a million little pieces' book on local radio. one of our deejays had really embraced the book, and so mentioned it on the air. i can appreciate a good book, especially dealing with that sort of raw subject matter, and it seemed like something i might want to go ahead and pick up to read. so i went to the site (while wasting

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[hrtpoetry]

Although I've never heard of this book (I'm on a pregnancy reading binge and a therapy reading binge) what you say is very true. Thanks for the warning, now I know not to pick it up either! People are so greedy and don't (especially in this case) think of all those that they effect.

[jane_black]

I agree that it was awful for him to claim that everything in the book was true, but the book is still an amazing read, and the fact remains that the man was an addict and almost died, and has been sober for years.

I just really hope that this doesn't discourage all of the people that are in recovery because they were inspired by his story.

[jane_black]

The prose in this book is horrible; it is neither harrowing, believable nor even interesting. Read... trainspotting, the australian book Candy, W.B.'s Junky.. a million better books about this subject. And they don't have to be memoirs to be real. This book is neither a memoir nor real.

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[oneluckyb]

Amen sistah! I had the same thoughts after this story dropped. The best part is that the original manuscript was rejected over and over until they decided to label it a memoir.

But like above, I hope it does not discourage those tat were inspired to straighten out their lives.

[ludakiss]

I just finished reading this book today, actually... and it was a great book. Sure, parts of it were allegedly embellished, and he has now admitted to beefing up some of the drama, but the fact remains that the book is a gripping tale of what he went through internally, mentally, emotionally, and physically while spending 6 weeks in a recovery center. The fact that he was on drugs, had been on them for years, had screwed up his life, had separated himself from his family and friends, had formed multiple addictions and had to go through a grueling recovery are all true, and that's what 95% of the book is about. The part that he "lied" about is simply details that fit into why he was in trouble, or jail sentences that he did or did not serve, etc. Take out those parts and I would still feel the same way I did about the book. It was a great read, and I'd recommend it to others.

sorry, just had to put my two cents in. :)

[ravyne_hawke]

I started to get that book because it was an Oprah BOMC book and this story broke. Now I'm glad I didn't waste my money on it.