FRIENDS, LOVERS AND THE BIG TERRIBLE THING

L'autobiographie de Matthew Perry, le regretté acteur de Friends.

'Hi, my name is Matthew, although you may know me by my full name. My friends call me Matty.'

So begins the riveting story of acclaimed actor Matthew Perry. He takes us along on his journey from childhood ambition to fame to addiction and recovery. Before the frequent hospital visits and stints in rehab, there was five-year-old Matthew, who travelled from Montreal to Los Angeles. There was fourteen-year-old Matthew, who was a nationally ranked tennis star in Canada. And twenty-four-year-old Matthew, who nabbed a coveted role on the pilot then called Friends Like Us... and so much more.

In an extraordinary story that only he could tell - and in the heartfelt, hilarious, and warmly familiar way only he could tell it - Matthew Perry lays bare the fractured family that raised him (and also left him to his own devices), the desire for recognition that drove him to fame, and the void inside him that could not be filled even by his greatest dreams coming true. But he also details the peace he's found in sobriety. He tells how he feels about the ubiquity of Friends, sharing stories about his castmates and other stars he met along the way.

Frank, self-aware, and with his trademark humour, Perry vividly depicts his lifelong battle with addiction and what fuelled it despite seemingly having it all.