![]() ![]() The electrifying opening of James Frey's debut memoir, A Million Little Pieces, smash-cuts to the then 23-year-old author on a Chicago-bound plane "covered with a colorful mixture of spit, snot, urine, vomit and blood." Wanted by authorities in three states, without ID or any money, his face mangled and missing four front teeth, Frey is on a steep descent from a dark marathon of drug abuse. This is Frey’s acclaimed account of his six weeks in rehab. ![]() There he was told he could either stop using or die before he reached age 24. An alcoholic for ten years and a crack addict for three, he checked into a treatment facility shortly after landing. He had no idea where the plane was headed nor any recollection of the past two weeks. At the age of 23, James Frey woke up on a plane to find his front teeth knocked out and his nose broken. ![]()
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