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Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir
Section
Deane’s Library
Type
Book Review
Date
December 25, 2022
Words
574

“Matthew Perry is lucky to be alive. In this book, he recounts his story of addiction, from alcohol as a teenager, through to pills as an adult. As the book starts, he’s in rehab, in great pain. Opiates cause constipation, and he’s so constipated that his bowel ruptures. He almost dies. He spends…”

A Piece of Cake
Section
Deane’s Library
Type
Book Review
Date
September 14, 2016
Words
218

“My daughter bought me this for my birthday. She had read the back of it at the bookstore, and ‘thought I would find it interesting.’ It was riveting. It’s actually a fairly nondescript story of abuse, but it’s intense. The author is currently an attorney in San Francisco. The book begins with her…”