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. 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.
