People are never satisfied.

Sep 15, 2006 16:02

This guy called James Frey wrote a book called A Million Little Pieces, which is all about his life as an out-of-control,  meth-taking, crack-smoking alcoholic, and his "journey to recovery."  I picked it up in a bookshop once, and read the first few pages, because the guy I was going out with at the time was trying to convince me that I was an ( Read more... )

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nonamouse September 16 2006, 03:02:20 UTC
Oh my god. So true.

Yeah, so he lied. If people find that out, it should be duly noted, like "partially fictionalized autobiography" or whatever. But they came for the TWS. :P And your book idea is totally brilliant.

And if people call you on your lies, just insist that you totally know it's true because you recovered the "repressed memories" of it, and who are they to tell you otherwise and deny your pain. ;_;

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kingyummy September 17 2006, 12:57:03 UTC
it should be duly noted, like "partially fictionalized autobiography" or whatever.
Yeah, I think they've done that now. I think that since the half-truths were exposed, the book has been sold with a little note inserted between the pages, explaining that the content is Frey's truth, not the truth ( ... )

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