James Frey wrote about his personal experience with addiction and rehabilitation in A Million Little Pieces. At the age of 23, he woke up to find himself on an airplane, missing four teeth, and with a hole in the side of his cheek. He didn't know where he was headed, but soon learned that a friend had boarded him on the plane and sent him to meet his parents who would bring him to a rehab facility. Realizing that after thirteen years of abusing alcohol and drugs, along with several criminal charges, things weren't looking up, so he agreed to stay at the facility for the time being. The rest of the book describes his experiences with rehab, including both struggles and triumphs.Parts of the book were so disturbingly descriptive that I couldn't read them and had to skim. Those same parts were what took the book from a simple retelling of events to an experience that the readers took part in. Regardless of the controversy over how much Frey embellished the facts, this book was a winner.
Netflix rating? 4/5 stars.
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