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A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
book review | 10/21/05 | sunnyside

Posted on 10/21/2005 3:16:51 PM PDT by SunnySide

Book plot: Spoiled rich kid with tough-guy attitude


TOPICS: Books/Literature
KEYWORDS: druggielosers

1 posted on 10/21/2005 3:16:51 PM PDT by SunnySide
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To: SunnySide

Sorry Oprah, my give a damn is busted where these type of societal hacks are concerned.

I agree with this assessment on this subject.

Book plot: Spoiled rich kid with tough-guy attitude and severe alcoholism/crack addiction has his parents pay for a stay at the exclusive Hazelden clinic in Minnesota.

ie., Y - A - W - N


2 posted on 10/21/2005 3:18:28 PM PDT by SunnySide (Ephes2:8 ByGraceYou'veBeenSavedThruFaithAGiftOfGodSoNoOneCanBoast)
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To: SunnySide

Can you boil it down a little?


3 posted on 10/21/2005 3:18:41 PM PDT by monkey
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To: SunnySide

Hey, here's a "novel" idea for the recreational drug losers out there.

TRY GETTING HIGH ON LIFE, the life God gave you ungrateful brats!


4 posted on 10/21/2005 3:20:09 PM PDT by SunnySide (Ephes2:8 ByGraceYou'veBeenSavedThruFaithAGiftOfGodSoNoOneCanBoast)
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To: monkey

hmmm... amusing, boil - monkey.

what ever.


5 posted on 10/21/2005 3:20:50 PM PDT by SunnySide (Ephes2:8 ByGraceYou'veBeenSavedThruFaithAGiftOfGodSoNoOneCanBoast)
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To: SunnySide

Get ready for the movie version. It's been in development for a couple of years.


6 posted on 10/21/2005 3:26:39 PM PDT by Argus
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"Get ready for the movie version. It's been in development for a couple of years."

..

No thanks, I already saw it. It starred Nicolas Cage, he won an Oscar for that role. Been there done that movie.....Zzzzz!


7 posted on 10/21/2005 3:41:37 PM PDT by SunnySide (Ephes2:8 ByGraceYou'veBeenSavedThruFaithAGiftOfGodSoNoOneCanBoast)
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To: Argus

Leaving Las Vegas starring Nic Cage as Hunter S. Thompson.

...oh wait..blah


8 posted on 10/21/2005 3:43:33 PM PDT by SunnySide (Ephes2:8 ByGraceYou'veBeenSavedThruFaithAGiftOfGodSoNoOneCanBoast)
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To: SunnySide

I hope you never have something terrible happen in life such as drug or alcohol dependency. with your attitude you probably won't get much support. Noone wakes up and says Hey I think I'll be an addict today. I applaud James Frey for getting help and sticking with it. Now if our country could allow everyone to get help whether they had the finances to or not then we would be better off


9 posted on 12/30/2005 8:32:48 PM PST by pjlarue
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To: pjlarue
Actually, it looks like James hasn't had those terrible things happen to him either (or at least his story is starting to unravel in such a way, his entire book is to be questioned). TSG was just trying to get some mugshots (which should have been abundent in number), but had some problems finding them...

Here's a some info about the investigation:

Thanks to Oprah Winfrey, author James Frey's "A Million Little Pieces" has sat atop best-seller lists since the TV star picked the nonfiction memoir for her powerful book club four months ago. Winfrey has called Frey's book, which chronicles his years as an alcoholic, drug addict, and criminal, "gut-wrenching" and "so real." Well, not exactly. A six-week investigation has determined that Frey's blockbuster is filled with fabrications, falsehoods, and other fakery. In a related note, a "rattled" Frey has lawyered up and is threatening to sue us for millions. Details at:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0104061jamesfrey1.html

10 posted on 01/09/2006 5:50:42 AM PST by bobwoodard
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To: pjlarue; SunnySide

```I hope you never have something terrible happen in life such as drug or alcohol dependency. with your attitude you probably won't get much support````


Whoops....bad on you, pj; this guy's a liar.


11 posted on 01/11/2006 10:03:15 PM PST by Howlin (Defeatism may have its partisan uses, but it is not justified by the facts. - GWB, 12/18/05)
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