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Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing

by Lisa Kudrow, Matthew Perry
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Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing

Matthew Perry: Humor, Heartache, and Healing.

If you grew up laughing with Chandler Bing on screen, you might find a deeper connection with Matthew Perry through this memoir. His unvarnished account of fame, addiction, and recovery could touch you with its honesty and relatable humanity. Perry's wit still shines, but it's the raw candor about his personal demons that might make you see the lighter and darker sides of life behind the laughs.

  • British Book Award Nominee for Non-Fiction: Narrative and for Audiobook: Non-Fiction (2023)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Memoir & Autobiography (2022)
  • She Reads Best of Award for Best Audiobook (2023)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing

by Lisa Kudrow, Matthew Perry
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ISBN: 9781472295941
Authors: Lisa Kudrow, Matthew Perry
Publisher: Headline
Date of Publication: 2022-10-18
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Biographies & Memoirs, Creative Nonfiction
Related Topics: Pop Culture, Biography, Biography Memoir, Mental Health, Autobiography, Memoir
Goodreads rating: 3.94
(rated by 416768 readers)

Description

“Hi, my name is Matthew, although you may know me by another name. My friends call me Matty. And I should be dead.”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.
 

Matthew Perry: Humor, Heartache, and Healing.

If you grew up laughing with Chandler Bing on screen, you might find a deeper connection with Matthew Perry through this memoir. His unvarnished account of fame, addiction, and recovery could touch you with its honesty and relatable humanity. Perry's wit still shines, but it's the raw candor about his personal demons that might make you see the lighter and darker sides of life behind the laughs.

  • British Book Award Nominee for Non-Fiction: Narrative and for Audiobook: Non-Fiction (2023)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Memoir & Autobiography (2022)
  • She Reads Best of Award for Best Audiobook (2023)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.