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Note: This is not a reprint. The original paperback or hardcover edition has been purchased directly from the authorized distributor or publisher. The book purchased has been carefully bound in genuine leather to enhance its durability and extend its shelf life. Please be assured that no content or pages have been altered or reformatted during the leather binding process. Product Information: - Title of Product: Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir [Royal Edition] Author: Matthew Perry Number of Pages: 272 Publication Year: 2024 Language: English Book Synopsis: - INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER The BELOVED STAR OF FRIENDS takes us behind the scenes of the hit sitcom and his struggles with addiction in this “CANDID, DARKLY FUNNY...POIGNANT” memoir (The New York Times) A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK by Time, Associated Press, Goodreads, USA Today, and more! “Hi, my name is Matthew, although you may know me by another name. My friends call me Matty.” So begins the riveting story of acclaimed actor Matthew Perry, taking us along on his journey from childhood ambition to fame to addiction and recovery in the aftermath of a life-threatening health scare. Before the frequent hospital visits and stints in rehab, there was five-year-old Matthew, who traveled from Montreal to Los Angeles, shuffling between his separated parents; fourteen-year-old Matthew, who was a nationally ranked tennis star in Canada; twenty-four-year-old Matthew, who nabbed a coveted role as a lead cast member on the talked-about pilot then called Friends Like Us. . . and so much more. In an extraordinary story that only he could tell―and in the heartfelt, hilarious, and warmly familiar way only he could tell it―Matthew Perry lays bare the fractured family that raised him (and also left him to his own devices), the desire for recognition that drove him to fame, and the void inside him that could not be filled even by his greatest dreams coming true. But he also details the peace he’s found in sobriety and how he feels about the ubiquity of Friends, sharing stories about his castmates and other stars he met along the way. Frank, self-aware, and with his trademark humor, Perry vividly depicts his lifelong battle with addiction and what fueled it despite seemingly having it all. Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing is an unforgettable memoir that is both intimate and eye-opening―as well as a hand extended to anyone struggling with sobriety. Unflinchingly honest, moving, and uproariously funny, this is the book fans have been waiting for. Author Overview: - Matthew Perry was a Canadian American actor, executive producer, and playwright. When I was was a kid I wanted to be a chemist when I grew up. Later, as a teenager I wanted to trek across South America. What I did instead was hit my head really hard, and get amnesia. I was like one of those rare cases like in the movie Momento, except I could make new memories, I just couldn't remember anything from before my head injury (you know, like my childhood and all that stuff). Also, I kept it a secret, and didn't make any million dollar movie deals, so that's probably why you've never heard of me. I had amnesia for ten years. Mostly I just survived, floating around without much drive to do anything. I lived in extreme poverty for all of those ten years, and for a few more afterwards. When I wrote this book I was working as a cashier in a grocery store, I am not some glamorous best-seller that appears on some list in the New York times. But what I am is someone who woke up one day, and found himself strongly disliking the guy looking back at me in the mirror. I didn't like the choices I was making, I didn't like how I reacted to situations, I didn't like how scared I had become of the world around me. So, I changed myself, using my own thoughts to destroy my own personality, so I could simply build a new one. A personality of my own making. And, while I did this, I wrote it all down. That's what this book is, part how-to, and part map of my own mind. Despite having brain damage, and a ten-year setback on life, I now have a B.S. degree in Human Biology, and I am working on a Master's in Applied Clinical Nutrition, while getting my Doctorate degree in Chiropractic medicine. I am married to my soul mate, and have everything I could possibly want. For me, changing my personality changed my worldview, which changed the actual world around me. I live a chosen life, I think anyone can. 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