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Starred Review. Frey achieves another stylistic coup as he develops a narrative thread begun in 2003's A Million Little Pieces. He chronicles his journey out of the terrifying darkness of addiction, and the friend he meets along the way, Leonard. A gangster, raconteur and mentor, Leonard was introduced in Pieces as one of Frey's new rehab friends. Here, he pushes Frey out into the world, pampering him one moment, giving him tough love the next. As in Pieces, Frey's style throughout is loose, untraditional yet perfectly crafted: "[Leonard] offered me his hand and said good, I'm fucked up too, and I like fucked-up people, let's sit and eat and see if we can be friends. I took his hand and I shook it and we sat down and we ate together and we became friends." There's something mesmerizing about the endless tumble of words, the nonstop spilling out of Frey's troubles and triumphs. In the hands of a less capable writer, all of this cool, tight narration might numb the reader and distance the experience. Instead, this book packs a full-body emotional wallop. Frey's eye is keen for detail: the inside of a county lockup; the flat, gray Chicago winter; an out-of-control Super Bowl party in Los Angeles; the grind of living day to day—all come alive in his sparse, powerful prose. At its core, this is an examination of a friendship. Frey's extraordinary relationship with Leonard is alive, a flesh-and-blood bond forged in the agony of rehab and sustained through honesty and trust. Agent, Kassie Evashevski at Brillstein/Grey Entertainment. (June)
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*Starred Review* Frey's first memoir, A Million Little Pieces (2003), chronicled his stint in rehab at age 23 after years of drug and alcohol addiction. That struggle continues in his follow-up, which opens at the end of Frey's three-month jail sentence. Upon release, Frey was hopeful: he was headed to Chicago to join the woman he fell in love with in rehab, Lilly, and start a new life. But devastating news awaited him in Chicago, and Frey found himself tempted to march into the nearest bar. He bought a bottle of cheap wine, which he managed not to open, and turned to his friend Leonard, a charming, gentlemanly mobster whom Frey met in rehab. Leonard thought of Frey as his son and was willing to do anything to help him. Leonard gave Frey a questionable but lucrative job delivering packages, and encouraged and bolstered Frey, until a personal secret caused Leonard to withdraw from his friends and associates. Never one to mince words, Frey lays bare even his most private and personal musings, making this a raw, often visceral, reading experience. With Frey's emotions so close to the surface, it's impossible not to care about Frey's struggles to reintegrate into society and prosper. Another powerful read from a talented, dynamic author. Kristine Huntley
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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IMPASSIONED !,
This review is from: My Friend Leonard (Hardcover)
An impassioned and gripping writing style combined with raw emotional honesty creates a superior reading experience. Connecting the dots between addiction and friendship with manic bi-polar peaks and valleys, MY FRIEND LEONDARD is the best book I have read since MY FRACTURED LIFE. Part journey and part destination, MY FRIEND LEONARD is 100% gripping, 100% moving, and 100% real. Other recommendations: RUNNING WITH SCISSORS, MY FRACTURED LIFE, A MILLION LITTLE PIECES, and THE GLASS CASTLE.
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Another fantastic read!!,
By Deborah Carpenter (Calgary, Alberta Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: My Friend Leonard (Hardcover)
I hate to read books and James Frey keeps me wanting more. After finishing A Million Little Pieces I was upset to be done wanting to know so much more. Thankfully there was another!! This book was equally as good in my opinion, having finished the book in only 4 days. You can't help but feel for an individual having gone through so much sadness in this second book and still staying away from temptation. I would like to read a book by James now that he is a father. What would you teach your children?
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This review is from: My Friend Leonard (Paperback)
I read it in less than 48 hours and couldn't put it down. Once again we fall in love with a new cast of flawed heros and watch James love and lose and persevere. Once again we can feel it very deeply.An amazing piece of writing. Worth picking up and impossible to put down.
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