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By: Finding my writer’s voice « Cerebral Matters

Finding my writer’s voice « Cerebral Matters — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:46:46 +0000

[...] James Frey [...]

By: sarah

sarah — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:36:30 +0000

i read a million little pieces and my friend leonard and it honestly changed my life even knowing that some of it was fabricated. The stuff he added or changed into his books made it for the better and when oprah(who is completely wrong) is basically stating that james conned people that is totally idiotic because even if it was a fiction book it could have still changed someones life. The inspiration in the stories and the way he writes and makes you picture whats going on perfectly is amazing.
GO JAMES FREY KEEP UP THE FUCKING AMAZING WORK!

By: Luan

Luan — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:36:07 +0000

I just finished ‘a million tiny pieces’ and was absolutely blown away. I am not a well bred reader of the classics etc but I know what I like and I loved this book. I was totally drawn in by the intensity of the writing and found myself reading aloud to my husband, wanting to the share the brilliance. Don’t know much about the ‘hooha’ which is happening, must be more a USA thing, I’m british living in England but any focus is good focus and as for those bad critics fuck ‘em.

I wanted to say thank you to James for giving me the greatest gift of the written word and many well spent hours.

By: rebecca

rebecca — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:24:18 +0000

it took you ten years to find your voice, but it’ll take the world eternities to make you shut up.

By: natasha kabalkin

natasha kabalkin — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:52:54 +0000

Thank you!

By: Liam

Liam — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:39:27 +0000

a second of freedom is worth more than a lifetime of bondage – your books have helped me make some difficult choices. i can only thankyou enough for the journey your books have taken me on.

By: Deb

Deb — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:55:38 +0000

What you think, how you feel, how you say what we hear how we feel your way connects us like no one else can thank you with all my heart.

By: Lay

Lay — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 07:59:55 +0000

Hi James,

I haven’t been reading books for quite sometime now (5 years..now i don’t know if that is “quite” sometime) until I stumbled to your A Million Little Pieces book lying on my friend’s bed. I tried to read the 1st few pages, got interested, and the next thing i know the book landed in my room. for the first time after 5 years, i started reading…AGAIN and will do it AGAIN and AGAIN and AGAIN…your story is truly awesome!

i’m done with My Friend Leonard, and again bravo to you! whatever fiction/non-fiction you had in your books don’t matter anymore.

i am leaving for the US (for good) soon (before sept this year) and i hope to meet you and your family. sounds ambitious, but i’m serious!

all the best for you, your work, and your family!

Lay from the Philippines

By: Ellen B.

Ellen B. — Sat, 02 May 2009 12:05:39 +0000

Dear James,
I really enjoyed your book a million little pieces. I am a recovered addict and although I was slightly disappointed that your story was not a biography, I believe my disappointment was founded in my passion for biographies and my desire to escape from myself through titillating stories about other people’s woes!

I read your book to remind myself about the shit that happens when a person is in addictive addiction and using. And although perhaps all those things didn’t happen to you, they certainly do happen to people who are active in addiction. I can say this with confidence because I have spent 15 years in the rooms of AA and NA. I have also been to rehab twice and the overall description you provide of rehab joints and the emotions one feels while being in rehab is very consistent with my own experience.

For myself, the was a great “remember when I was like that” reminder and I would recommend it for any recovering addict who can get past the fact that perhaps not every word is actually biographical.

I also thoroughly enjoyed my friend Leonard.

All the best to you in your continued sobriety!

Ellen B.

By: carly pennycook

carly pennycook — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:06:49 +0000

The way you write is outstanding james.!!!
The most disturbing part was reading about lilly and her cruel life.i cried alot and felt sick at how she was used.least she is at peace now.please keep writing!!!