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My Friend Leonard by James Frey

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Aug 07, 11

Read in May, 2006

A continuation of Frey's autobiography A Million Little Pieces (which I've not read yet) describing Frey's release from prison and his battle with alcoholism and drug addiction. This episode prominently features his rehab friend Leonard and is a touching story of a helping hand from a mysterious benefactor. I was about a third of the way through this book before I realized that Frey was the autobiographer who had been in the news lately — investigative reporters accused him of marketing fiction as non-fiction, and he had to publicly apologize to Oprah Winfrey for some exaggeration. While completing this book I liked to believe it was all true, but had reservations as to its veracity. I learned of this book from its presence on the New York Times best seller list during the latter part of 2005 and early 2006, and from an interview with the author on KUOW's The Beat on 06/28/2005.

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