His biggest weapon is his sardonic sense of humour, often self-deprecating but also endearing.Īll FRIENDS fans know that there is a lot of Matthew Perry in Chandler Bing, but just to what extent is revealed in this memoir. Chandler won millions of hearts with his bumbling portrayal of a man who stumbles his way through mishaps and breakups, until he meets the love of his life, Monica Geller.
If you are a FRIENDS fan, you know who said the above line – Chandler Bing, known in real life as Matthew Perry. “I’m hopeless and awkward and desperate for love!” Honest to the point of being disconcerting. In a Nutshell: An exposition of the actor’s experiences with FRIENDS, lovers, and the ‘Big Terrible Thing’ – his battle with alcohol and drug addiction. Unflinchingly honest, moving, and uproariously funny, this is the book fans have been waiting for. 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.įriends, 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. 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. 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.
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.
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. “Hi, my name is Matthew, although you may know me by another name. The BELOVED STAR OF FRIENDS takes us behind the scenes of the hit sitcom and his struggles with addiction in this memoir
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