Riverbend Staff Only: Purchase Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir for $5
This page is for Riverbend Staff Only. Complete the form to receive your copy of Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir by Matthew Perry to prepare for a moderated book discussion at Gibson’s Bookstore on Tuesday, May 23rd from 5:30-6:30pm!
“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.