Frey is the author of A Million Little Pieces, a memoir. The book detailed Frey’s experiences with alcohol and drug addiction, as well as his life of crime. He shows up at home one day in his early twenties and is such a mess, his parents check him into a detox and rehabilitation clinic. Most of the book describes Frey’s time in rehab and his subsequent time in prison, all in graphic detail.
The book did not do much when it was first published, but that changed when Frey caught lightning in a bottle: Oprah Winfrey added it to Oprah’s book club and Frey as a guest on her show. Sales of the book took off and it was on top of best-seller lists for months. Oprah teared up talking to Frey on her show. Millions purchased the book. Movie deals were in the works. Frey was a star.
Frey was also a liar.
After his appearance on Oprah, the website The Smoking Gun did some fact-checking of arrest records, hospitalizations, and other salacious details in the book. Many facets of the story did not check out and the website challenged him. Soon thereafter, Frey and his publisher Random House, had to admit that the book was not the truthful memoir as it was originally marketed, but it was a fabrication based on some of the facts of Frey’s life.
Here is a summary I put together that includes (https://www.stupid.blog/p/a-million-little-lies-the-story-of)
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