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Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir Audio CD – Unabridged, Nov. 1 2022

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This program is read by the author, Matthew Perry.

The beloved star of Friends takes us behind the scenes of the hit sitcom and his struggles with addiction in this candid, funny, and revelatory memoir that delivers a powerful message of hope and persistence.

In an extraordinary story that only he could tell, Matthew Perry takes readers onto the soundstage of the most successful sitcom of all time while opening up about his private struggles with addiction. Candid, self-aware, and told with his trademark humor, Perry vividly details his lifelong battle with the disease and what fueled it despite seemingly having it all.

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing is an unforgettable memoir that shares the most intimate details of the love Perry lost, his darkest days, and his greatest friends.

Unflinchingly honest, moving, and hilarious: this is the book fans have been waiting for.

A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books.

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Nov. 1 2022
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12.95 x 2.16 x 14.99 cm
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1250867061
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978-1250867063
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Macmillan Audio; Unabridged edition (Nov. 1 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1250867061
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1250867063
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 225 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.95 x 2.16 x 14.99 cm

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Something about people's lives there are no explanation for what they are facing.

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on January 3, 2023

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You think you know someone who has it all, but there are demons in their lives - no matter what they want to do, the demon's calls are like an old pair of shoes or an unfaithful lover to spend the time to cope with.

I hesitate to call the book a memoir because I believe that Matthew Perry has much wisdom to teach us. For example, Perry experienced whether or not he was worthy of love, or able to commit to a woman without being left first. So Perry thought he was not enough to have a meaningful relationship with a person who understood the man. All of us had been there or another at some point in our lives.

Perry's alcohol and drug abuse was not a cry for help; however, looking for happiness and calmness within himself like warm honey. I am not making any excuses for Matthew Perry, but addiction is an unknown place to people who are not educated about this disease. Still, it is a sadistic love affair that you should not be having and you know you will be in trouble. But, unfortunately, the beast wins.

I am thankful that Perry has beaten the odds and striving as an excellent writer and storyteller.

I hope that Matthew Perry finds love because everyone deserves love.

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Ty

Loved it!

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on February 7, 2023

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Reading about his trials and triumphs (from his own perspective) was so interesting. Perry is obviously funny, but I was surprised to learn how sensitive he is too. The book was a bit repetitive at points and I would have preferred if the timeline was just linear, but no big deal. While reading, I often found myself rooting for him to overcome his challenges... it seems he's on track to do so!

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Sherry

Amazing

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on March 14, 2023

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Amazing book, well written and really gets you into the mind of an addict. An absolute read.

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on January 17, 2023

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I bought this book, and it stayed in my kindle library for a bit. I've been a Matthew Perry friend for years, he was the guy I held my partners up to in some ways. And Dylan McKay TBH. I suffered through addiction, although not nearly on the same scale, and so has my husband. Reading this book was a Journey, one that I'm glad he shared. I feel like the big crush of my younger years and the Chandler Bing crush in my 20s and 30s is more amazing and crush worthy because of the journey he went through. Thank you for this. For sharing parts of your soul, to a world that has already taken more then it should. I hope you make it well past those 80 years

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Amanda from Canada

Husband loved this

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on February 28, 2023

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My 52 year old husband is a massive Friends fan but also nearly 17 years clean & sober. He thoroughly enjoyed reading Matthew Perry’s story and loved his writing style. A great read.

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on February 19, 2023

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I loved this book because he has a no holds barred approach when he wrote this book and doesn't hide things. There were some interesting things to learn about him from this book.

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on March 11, 2023

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Very gooooood read.

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Jenny Lee Green

Laughed, cried, can relate

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on November 28, 2022

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I have read this, not right away, I was a little scared, once an alcoholic and also a pill popper, mostly opiates, I was also a smoker, so this book, I was scared to read, but I eventually picked it up and couldn't stop reading, Hi, I'm Jenny, I am an alcoholic, my last drink was September 2021, hi I'm Jenny, my last cigarette was February 2022, my last pill was 2 weeks ago, every word I can resonate to, my stomach is messed up too, I was just released from the hospital 2 weeks ago, I can relate to the agonizing pain, but after reading this Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, I feel hope, and faith, fill the entire sky, and I am ready to do something important, only time will tell.

Thank you Matthew Perry.

P.S. I actually prayed while in the hospital, and I'm not Christian, that's how terrified I was, not seeing my kids faces terrified me, that I actually cried and prayed, and I kept telling myself while praying, I'm not Christian, but God please, let me see my kids grow up, at least to 100 years old to see grandkids and be there for every second. I never told my sister I prayed.

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Steph

Should come with a mental health warning

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 4, 2022

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It was a relief to finish this book - I almost didn't. It's presumably based on lots of presentations to AA groups and similar, about the return from the dark place of addiction, except that he's been locked in a cycle of lapsing, recovering, lapsing again. The book is extremely angry. He details his appalling physical damage and rages against various people - Keanu Reeves and Jennifer Aniston both get nasty put downs, as well as various unnamed doctors. There's also a lot of boasting - about money, cars, sex - and the addiction account also seems boastful: the number of pills he took, the huge risks, the ways he defied medical warnings and people trying to help him. Presumably some of this is exaggerated or he wouldn't still be alive. It's distressing to read. I suppose I wish him well but I'm glad I don't know him, and from his descriptions of his relationships, young women would be well advised to stay away from him. He's still hoping to marry a beautiful girl and start a family.

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ElRS

Not a very nice man after all.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 21, 2022

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I don’t understand why this book has many good reviews. Perry comes across as a narcissist, spoiled person who had a good upbringing from early childhood but can’t help himself from complaining about everything and everyone.
Yes, he suffers from addiction but unlike most people, we’re not, as he puts it “I’m insanely rich” and most people do not have the support he’s been given. I suffer from addiction myself and the NHS support offered to people this day is shocking.
I feel there’s a lot of “oh I’m so great, I’m so funny, my mind is so quick” that it has put me off watching Friends again for life and I do love Friends and watch it all the time, sadly I haven’t been able to watch it anymore because of this book.
Also, book is badly written.
Save yourself disappointment and don’t read this book.

18 people found this helpful

Muma Mia

Wow a really deep, honest and emotional read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 9, 2022

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As a big FRIENDS fan, and Chandler being my favourite, I had to get this book as soon as it came out. It did not disappoint.

Wow this was a really deep and honest book from Matthew Perry ‘Matty’ to his friends. He is so brutally honest about his childhood and life experiences that I could not put it down. At the end I just wanted to give him a big hug.

I am rewatching friends now with my daughter and she loves Chandler as well. Who knew that behind the perfect comedy and smile, he was dealing with so much behind closed doors. It’s a miracle he is still alive, the amount of pills he was popping!

Now, after sharing his story and getting his life on track, I really hope he finds what he’s been looking for. He has some real true friends to keep him on track. I look forward to see what the future holds for Matty

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Beena Vale

Deeply unlikeable.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 21, 2022

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The nasty, insensitive swipes at Keanu Reeves are baffling - why on earth did Perry or his editor think any good would come of that?? But they're the tip of an iceberg of unpleasantness that makes one wonder exactly what calibre of therapist Perry has been paying. It's as if he's been so preoccupied by self-pity over his addiction that he's done nothing to address the personality issues that underlie it. The book is full of grudges, mean-spiritedness and self-praise. Whatever help he's getting, he needs a different kind. Depressing read in every way.

12 people found this helpful

Zarla

Didn't like the non chronological narrative

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 4, 2022

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For some reason Matthew Perry decided on an unnecessary non chronological narrative for this memoir, which makes for a jolting, confusing read and lessens his story's impact. Non chronological can work well in fiction, but I don't think it's appropriate for an autobiography.

Some of this book is truly shocking and it's a miracle that he's alive today. One Vicodin tablet contains 500mg of paracetemol and he was taking 55 of these a day for years.

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