{"product_id":"friends-lovers-and-the-big-terrible-thing-9781250879547","title":"Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eR\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eemarkable, startling, and heartfelt\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e...The bravery of Perry's book is not just in what he says, or how he says it, and how unflinching he is in his commitment to say it, but that he chose to say it at all.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eGQ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eCandid, darkly funny\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e...starkly chronicling his decades-long cage match with drinking and drug use. Perry writes gratefully and glowingly...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003efans will find poignant nuggets in its pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eheartbreakingly beautiful\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e memoir.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ePeople\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFriends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ea raw, unflinching memoir\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethat took courage to write. As it turns out, Matthew Perry has a lot of courage. He takes us through his addiction, his illness and his paralyzing loneliness. Somehow, during the course of his life, Matthew was able to turn his pain into comedic joy for others, but, he tells us, it was at a cost. Matthew takes us through his \"hell\" but doesn't wallow. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eUltimately, this book is filled with hope for the future. If you want to know about who Matthew Perry is, stay away from the rags and read this.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e-Marta Kauffman, co-creator of the NBC sitcom\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eFriends\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Matthew Perry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48487817052375,"sku":"9781250879547","price":9.5,"currency_code":"KWD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0498\/4081\/6279\/files\/2026-04-20T185106.913.png?v=1776700278","url":"https:\/\/theenglishbookshop.com\/products\/friends-lovers-and-the-big-terrible-thing-9781250879547","provider":"The English Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}