Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing

 
        「大家好，我是馬修，雖然你們應該更熟悉的是我『另外一個名字』。我朋友們都叫我小馬，而我現在其實根本應該已經死了。」
 
        書一開始，這句吸引人目光的話語，帶領了讀者一起走入馬修．派瑞的人生旅程，從童年時期，到出名、進戒毒中心，到健康亮起紅燈，一度命危的關鍵時刻。5歲的馬修，從蒙特婁來到洛杉磯，往返於離異父母的家中；14歲的他，是加拿大國家級的網球新星；而24歲的他則抓住了機會，演出一個即將大放異彩的角色⋯⋯。
 
        充滿波折的歷程，只有馬修能用他個人的機智幽默語氣，完整而動人說出這個故事。在破碎家庭中成長的經歷，讓他極度渴求認同感，這促使馬修追求大紅大紫的生活，然而即便他夢想成真，卻始終無法填滿內心那份空虛。馬修誠實地寫下了他碰觸毒品的心路歷程，以及自己這一路戒毒的紀錄，書中也分享出演《六人行》的演員們彼此之間的故事，和他在星途上遇見的人事物。(文/博客來編譯)

        The BELOVED STAR OF FRIENDS takes us behind the scenes of the hit sitcom and his struggles with addiction in this “CANDID, DARKLY FUNNY...POIGNANT” memoir (The New York Times)

        A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK by Time, Associated Press, Goodreads, USA Today, and more!

        “Hi, my name is Matthew, although you may know me by another name. My friends call me Matty. And I should be dead.”

        So begins the riveting story of acclaimed actor Matthew Perry, taking us along on his journey from childhood ambition to fame to addiction and recovery in the aftermath of a life-threatening health scare. Before the frequent hospital visits and stints in rehab, there was five-year-old Matthew, who traveled from Montreal to Los Angeles, shuffling between his separated parents; fourteen-year-old Matthew, who was a nationally ranked tennis star in Canada; twenty-four-year-old Matthew, who nabbed a coveted role as a lead cast member on the talked-about 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 and 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 humor, Perry vividly depicts his lifelong battle with addiction and what fueled it despite seemingly having it all.

        Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing is an unforgettable memoir that is both intimate and eye-opening―as well as a hand extended to anyone struggling with sobriety. Unflinchingly honest, moving, and uproariously funny, this is the book fans have been waiting for.